Corporate Businesses for sale in Australia

A share purchase usually preserves the company and its contracts but also its history and liabilities. An asset purchase can isolate selected assets, yet may require new ABNs, assignments, licences and employee transfers. Model both structures before pricing.

Confirm company status, ACN, officeholders, registered addresses and lodged documents through ASIC. Search PPSR registrations against the entities and major assets, then require releases for security interests that should not remain after completion.

Map legal ownership, trading entities, trusts, intellectual property, employees, intercompany loans, guarantees and shared services. Reconcile transactions between entities and identify assets or contracts sitting outside the entity being acquired but essential to operations.

Review the constitution, shareholder agreements, board minutes, delegations, statutory registers, related-party approvals and compliance calendars. Look for veto rights, pre-emptive rights, unresolved disputes, director guarantees and decisions that were never properly authorised or documented.

In a share sale, the employer usually remains the same. In an asset sale, Australian transfer-of-business rules may carry service, awards or enterprise agreements. Reconcile leave and other entitlements and document which party funds each liability.

Reconcile audited or management accounts to tax returns, BAS and bank records. Normalise related-party transactions, owner remuneration, management fees, provisions and one-off costs, then confirm realistic working capital, capital expenditure and standalone head-office costs.