Automotive
The Australian automotive industry operates in a highly competitive and globally integrated economy. Many of the legal, regulatory and business issues facing the industry are unique and require specialised legal skills and industry knowledge in order to address them in a prompt and commercial manner.
By establishing an Automotive Industry Group, Hunt & Hunt recognises the importance of the automotive industry and the need to have lawyers that have specialised industry knowledge.
Through the combination of a broad knowledge of the market dynamics that affect the key sectors of the automotive industry, and our close relationships with key industry bodies, we are able to assist automotive companies meet the challenges they face in this unique industry.
Hunt & Hunt provides a comprehensive range of services throughout Australia and internationally to participants in the automotive industry. As one of the first Australian law firms to establish an office in Shanghai, Hunt & Hunt is well placed to serve the business and legal needs of our clients in the rapidly developing China market.
Through our membership of Interlaw, Hunt & Hunt is also able to offer legal services in key major and emerging automotive centres worldwide such as the United States, Thailand, Europe and India.
Our specialised automotive industry legal services include advising in:
- Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme (ACIS), including acting in disputes with AusIndustry
- Free Trade Agreements including Rules of Origin
- tariff, valuations and customs, including acting in disputes with Customs and other regulatory bodies
- product liability and product recall
- operating in Asia
- retail distribution and dealership issues including the Franchising Code of Conduct
- restrictive trade practices and other anti-competitive conduct
- unconscionable conduct in contractual arrangements
- industrial relations and employment law
- structured trade financing
- joint venture and other collaborative or cluster contracting arrangements
- property and construction law
- protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights and
- supply agreements, supply chain and logistic arrangements.
For further information, contact Garry Boyce.
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