Melbourne · Sydney
Advice for the
decisions that
Fifteen lawyers in Melbourne and Sydney, acting for founders, boards and private capital. The partner who takes your call does the work.
Acting for 40+ boards and founder-led companies
Clients include
01
The firm
Fifteen lawyers, four partners, and nothing standing between you and the work.
Silkhaus was founded in 2009 by four partners who had spent a decade inside national firms and wanted to practise differently: fewer files, closer to the client, answerable for the outcome.
Silkhaus was founded in 2009 by four partners who had spent a decade inside national firms and wanted to practise differently: fewer files, closer to the client, answerable for the outcome.
We are fifteen lawyers across two offices. We take about forty matters a year, which is fewer than we could, because the partner who takes your call is the one who does the work. Before the fee starts running you will be told what we would do in your position — in writing, in the time you actually have. And when a matter sits outside what we are good at, we say so and tell you who is.
02
Practice
Six things we are retained to do, and very little else.
Corporate and commercial work for privately held Australian businesses. If a matter sits outside these areas we will say so, and point you at someone who does it properly.
02
Practice
Six things we are retained to do, and very little else.
Corporate and commercial work for privately held Australian businesses. If a matter sits outside these areas we will say so, and point you at someone who does it properly.
03
Recent matters
A short list, because most of the work is not ours to publish.
Client names are withheld unless we have been asked to use them. Every matter below was run out of our own office by the partner named on the engagement.
03
Recent matters
A short list, because most of the work is not ours to publish.
Client names are withheld unless we have been asked to use them. Every matter below was run out of our own office by the partner named on the engagement.
04
People
You will know who is doing the work, because you will have met them.
Four partners, eleven lawyers. Every engagement is led by a partner whose name is on the letter.
04
People
You will know who is doing the work, because you will have met them.
Four partners, eleven lawyers. Every engagement is led by a partner whose name is on the letter.
“You are not hiring a firm. You are hiring the person who picks up the phone — and on every matter we run, that person is a partner.”
Belinda Sheahan · Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan · Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan
Partner, Shareholder Disputes
Con Mavridis
Partner, Restructuring & Solvency
Yewande Bakare
Partner, Competition & Regulatory
Kelvin Teoh
Special Counsel, Private Capital
Harleen Sandhu
Senior Associate, Commercial Contracts
Lachlan Pryce
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan
Partner, Shareholder Disputes
Con Mavridis
Partner, Restructuring & Solvency
Yewande Bakare
Partner, Competition & Regulatory
Kelvin Teoh
Special Counsel, Private Capital
Harleen Sandhu
Senior Associate, Commercial Contracts
Lachlan Pryce
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan
Partner, Shareholder Disputes
Con Mavridis
Partner, Restructuring & Solvency
Yewande Bakare
Partner, Competition & Regulatory
Kelvin Teoh
Special Counsel, Private Capital
Harleen Sandhu
Senior Associate, Commercial Contracts
Lachlan Pryce
Select a partner
05
Clients
In the words of the boards and founders we act for.
Five clients, five very different matters — in their own words.
05
Clients
In the words of the boards and founders we act for.
Five clients, five very different matters — in their own words.
Harrow Freight Group
“Selling a business my father built was never going to be simple. Belinda made it orderly, and she was on every call — including the late ones with Tokyo.”
— Tinashe Mhlanga, Managing Director
Harrow Freight Group
“Selling a business my father built was never going to be simple. Belinda made it orderly, and she was on every call — including the late ones with Tokyo.”
— Tinashe Mhlanga, Managing Director
06
Journal
Notes on the questions we are actually asked.
Short pieces written by the partner who ran the matter — earn-outs, deadlock, safe harbour, section 155 notices.
06
Journal
Notes on the questions we are actually asked.
Short pieces written by the partner who ran the matter — earn-outs, deadlock, safe harbour, section 155 notices.
More from the archive
Notes on deadlock clauses, section 155 notices, term sheets and unfair contract terms — filterable by practice area.
Melbourne · Sydney
Advice for the
decisions that
Fifteen lawyers in Melbourne and Sydney, acting for founders, boards and private capital. The partner who takes your call does the work.
Acting for 40+ boards and founder-led companies
Clients include
01
The firm
Fifteen lawyers, four partners, and nothing standing between you and the work.
Silkhaus was founded in 2009 by four partners who had spent a decade inside national firms and wanted to practise differently: fewer files, closer to the client, answerable for the outcome.
Silkhaus was founded in 2009 by four partners who had spent a decade inside national firms and wanted to practise differently: fewer files, closer to the client, answerable for the outcome.
We are fifteen lawyers across two offices. We take about forty matters a year, which is fewer than we could, because the partner who takes your call is the one who does the work. Before the fee starts running you will be told what we would do in your position — in writing, in the time you actually have. And when a matter sits outside what we are good at, we say so and tell you who is.
02
Practice
Six things we are retained to do, and very little else.
Corporate and commercial work for privately held Australian businesses. If a matter sits outside these areas we will say so, and point you at someone who does it properly.
02
Practice
Six things we are retained to do, and very little else.
Corporate and commercial work for privately held Australian businesses. If a matter sits outside these areas we will say so, and point you at someone who does it properly.
03
Recent matters
A short list, because most of the work is not ours to publish.
Client names are withheld unless we have been asked to use them. Every matter below was run out of our own office by the partner named on the engagement.
03
Recent matters
A short list, because most of the work is not ours to publish.
Client names are withheld unless we have been asked to use them. Every matter below was run out of our own office by the partner named on the engagement.
04
People
You will know who is doing the work, because you will have met them.
Four partners, eleven lawyers. Every engagement is led by a partner whose name is on the letter.
04
People
You will know who is doing the work, because you will have met them.
Four partners, eleven lawyers. Every engagement is led by a partner whose name is on the letter.
“You are not hiring a firm. You are hiring the person who picks up the phone — and on every matter we run, that person is a partner.”
Belinda Sheahan · Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan · Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan
Partner, Shareholder Disputes
Con Mavridis
Partner, Restructuring & Solvency
Yewande Bakare
Partner, Competition & Regulatory
Kelvin Teoh
Special Counsel, Private Capital
Harleen Sandhu
Senior Associate, Commercial Contracts
Lachlan Pryce
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan
Partner, Shareholder Disputes
Con Mavridis
Partner, Restructuring & Solvency
Yewande Bakare
Partner, Competition & Regulatory
Kelvin Teoh
Special Counsel, Private Capital
Harleen Sandhu
Senior Associate, Commercial Contracts
Lachlan Pryce
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan
Partner, Shareholder Disputes
Con Mavridis
Partner, Restructuring & Solvency
Yewande Bakare
Partner, Competition & Regulatory
Kelvin Teoh
Special Counsel, Private Capital
Harleen Sandhu
Senior Associate, Commercial Contracts
Lachlan Pryce
Select a partner
05
Clients
In the words of the boards and founders we act for.
Five clients, five very different matters — in their own words.
05
Clients
In the words of the boards and founders we act for.
Five clients, five very different matters — in their own words.
Harrow Freight Group
“Selling a business my father built was never going to be simple. Belinda made it orderly, and she was on every call — including the late ones with Tokyo.”
— Tinashe Mhlanga, Managing Director
Harrow Freight Group
“Selling a business my father built was never going to be simple. Belinda made it orderly, and she was on every call — including the late ones with Tokyo.”
— Tinashe Mhlanga, Managing Director
06
Journal
Notes on the questions we are actually asked.
Short pieces written by the partner who ran the matter — earn-outs, deadlock, safe harbour, section 155 notices.
06
Journal
Notes on the questions we are actually asked.
Short pieces written by the partner who ran the matter — earn-outs, deadlock, safe harbour, section 155 notices.
More from the archive
Notes on deadlock clauses, section 155 notices, term sheets and unfair contract terms — filterable by practice area.
Melbourne · Sydney
Advice for the
decisions that
Fifteen lawyers in Melbourne and Sydney, acting for founders, boards and private capital. The partner who takes your call does the work.
Acting for 40+ boards and founder-led companies
Clients include
01
The firm
Fifteen lawyers, four partners, and nothing standing between you and the work.
Silkhaus was founded in 2009 by four partners who had spent a decade inside national firms and wanted to practise differently: fewer files, closer to the client, answerable for the outcome.
Silkhaus was founded in 2009 by four partners who had spent a decade inside national firms and wanted to practise differently: fewer files, closer to the client, answerable for the outcome.
We are fifteen lawyers across two offices. We take about forty matters a year, which is fewer than we could, because the partner who takes your call is the one who does the work. Before the fee starts running you will be told what we would do in your position — in writing, in the time you actually have. And when a matter sits outside what we are good at, we say so and tell you who is.
02
Practice
Six things we are retained to do, and very little else.
Corporate and commercial work for privately held Australian businesses. If a matter sits outside these areas we will say so, and point you at someone who does it properly.
02
Practice
Six things we are retained to do, and very little else.
Corporate and commercial work for privately held Australian businesses. If a matter sits outside these areas we will say so, and point you at someone who does it properly.
03
Recent matters
A short list, because most of the work is not ours to publish.
Client names are withheld unless we have been asked to use them. Every matter below was run out of our own office by the partner named on the engagement.
03
Recent matters
A short list, because most of the work is not ours to publish.
Client names are withheld unless we have been asked to use them. Every matter below was run out of our own office by the partner named on the engagement.
04
People
You will know who is doing the work, because you will have met them.
Four partners, eleven lawyers. Every engagement is led by a partner whose name is on the letter.
04
People
You will know who is doing the work, because you will have met them.
Four partners, eleven lawyers. Every engagement is led by a partner whose name is on the letter.
“You are not hiring a firm. You are hiring the person who picks up the phone — and on every matter we run, that person is a partner.”
Belinda Sheahan · Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan · Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan
Partner, Shareholder Disputes
Con Mavridis
Partner, Restructuring & Solvency
Yewande Bakare
Partner, Competition & Regulatory
Kelvin Teoh
Special Counsel, Private Capital
Harleen Sandhu
Senior Associate, Commercial Contracts
Lachlan Pryce
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan
Partner, Shareholder Disputes
Con Mavridis
Partner, Restructuring & Solvency
Yewande Bakare
Partner, Competition & Regulatory
Kelvin Teoh
Special Counsel, Private Capital
Harleen Sandhu
Senior Associate, Commercial Contracts
Lachlan Pryce
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions
Belinda Sheahan
Partner, Shareholder Disputes
Con Mavridis
Partner, Restructuring & Solvency
Yewande Bakare
Partner, Competition & Regulatory
Kelvin Teoh
Special Counsel, Private Capital
Harleen Sandhu
Senior Associate, Commercial Contracts
Lachlan Pryce
Select a partner
05
Clients
In the words of the boards and founders we act for.
Five clients, five very different matters — in their own words.
05
Clients
In the words of the boards and founders we act for.
Five clients, five very different matters — in their own words.
Harrow Freight Group
“Selling a business my father built was never going to be simple. Belinda made it orderly, and she was on every call — including the late ones with Tokyo.”
— Tinashe Mhlanga, Managing Director
Harrow Freight Group
“Selling a business my father built was never going to be simple. Belinda made it orderly, and she was on every call — including the late ones with Tokyo.”
— Tinashe Mhlanga, Managing Director
06
Journal
Notes on the questions we are actually asked.
Short pieces written by the partner who ran the matter — earn-outs, deadlock, safe harbour, section 155 notices.
06
Journal
Notes on the questions we are actually asked.
Short pieces written by the partner who ran the matter — earn-outs, deadlock, safe harbour, section 155 notices.
More from the archive
Notes on deadlock clauses, section 155 notices, term sheets and unfair contract terms — filterable by practice area.