anaging Director 
Tony Crilly is the Managing Director of Perspective Law formally known as Crilly Lawyers and established the company in 1995.
Tony is highly regarded by his peers and is known for his practical approach to achieving the best outcome for his clients. He is highly experienced in services ranging from the initial structure of a start- up business, preparing for the exit of the owners from a business or planning the personal succession issues to provide for the family after the death of a business owner.
Tony is a member of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and The Tax Institute. He is also a fellow member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), an international network of practitioners. He has lectured for FINSIA and LexisNexis in post graduate studies in Risk Management and Estate Planning and delivered papers to his peers regarding Family provision applications. He has also presented numerous lectures on business succession agreements funded by insurance, company shareholder rights and director rights and obligations, estate planning and estate litigation.
Tony has been advising SME and high net worth clients since 1990 in the areas of:
- Business Succession
- Commercial Transaction
- Commercial Litigation
- Estate Planning
- Estate Administration
- Superannuation
- Trusts
- Corporate Structuring
Tony’s Experience
Some examples of the types of transactions he has recently been the lead lawyer include:
Commercial
- Negotiating, drafting and completing business asset sales and share sale agreement
- Negotiating and drafting project funding agreements and joint venture agreements in relation to the funding of, and participation in, private companies in Queensland
- Negotiating, drafting and effecting share issues for Private Equity acquisitions and sales in private companies in Queensland and interstate
- Facilitating and documenting family business agreements to realise succession of business interests often in conjunction with estate plans
- Drafting licence agreements for the sale and distribution of products premised on intellectual property developed in Australia.
- Advising mining service companies on structure, management, compliance and employment law.
Business Succession
- Preparing buy/sell option agreements funded by insurance
- Drafting industrial and rural succession transfers and gifts and claiming concessions in Duties Legislation
- Drafting changes in control provisions of the family trust holding group assets
- Structuring vendor finance to facilitate acquisition over time of shares of partnership interests
- Structuring options to purchase business equity and assisting in finance structures.
Succession
- Preparing complex family estate plans including family trusts, self-managed super funds, testamentary discretionary trusts and powers of attorney
- Drafting alternative estate solutions including governing rules of corporate trustees and terms of superannuation trusts for second marriages
- Drafting complex capital protected and income stream trusts within wills;
- Drafting special disability trusts within wills
- Drafting special conditions for Enduring Power of Attorney to cover conflict of interest transactions, withdrawal from superannuation member accounts and renewal of binding nominations for super
- Drafting key statement of wishes to guide and direct executors and trustees for the method of investment and management of estate trust proceeds.
Tony’s extensive experience in these areas has assisted his clients in establishing a sound basis for any business and to ensure key issues are addressed in personal estate planning as a risk management strategy.
Awards
Tony was recommended in the Doyle’s Guide list of Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer Rankings for 2021.
Contact Tony
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (07) 3317 4312