PETER FRANCIS, Partner

Peter has been a partner in FAL since 1993. He regularly advises several Commonwealth and State government departments, funded research bodies and cooperative research centres.

Peter specialises in the commercialisation of technology, an area in which he gained relevant experience in his previous capacity as Legal Manager at Sirotech (the former commercialisation arm of the CSIRO).

Examples of work:

• Drafting commercial contracts
• Drafting and advising on agreements for the funding of technology development and commercialisation, including water related technology
• Structuring technology transfer arrangements
• Providing advice on intellectual property rights such as water filtration analysis
• Advising on trade practices issues
• Drafting research and development syndications and structuring joint venture vehicles
• Developing specialised constitutions for technology spin off companies
• Providing company secretarial services and advice on Corporation Law
• Drafting suites of model agreements