Education
Hunt & Hunt has strong links with the education sector, having decades of experience in acting for a vast number of secondary and tertiary institutions across Australia.
Today, we count over 40 universities, colleges and schools as clients.
In addition, our Queensland office has acted for the Queensland Teachers Union and Queensland Independent Education Union for over 30 years.
Our work in the education sector includes:
- Advising Australian institutions on joint venture arrangements and the establishment of off-shore campuses
- Advising Australian institutions on foreign credit recognition agreements
- Advising on intellectual property issues, both domestic and international
- Acting in relation to property acquisitions, property planning and leasing
- Advising on employment law issues
- Providing general commercial advice and drafting contracts
- Advising on governance, policy and compliance issues
- Handling debt recovery matters
- Practical, ongoing advice for the legal and managerial obligations for both domestic and international programs
- Specific expertise in the China and South East Asia markets
- Advice in relation to interpretation of educational stakeholders’ responsibilities under the ESOS regime and National Code of Practice.
Our firm also has a long standing relationship with Austrade, the State Departments of Education and various University and TAFE entities, local and international, which affords us a detailed understanding of the key industry issues and operational drivers.
We are highly regarded for our commercial and cultural advice to secondary and tertiary institutions as they set up complex joint ventures, exchange programs and credit recognition for academic technology transfer in Australia, China, South East Asian countries and the sub-continent.
For further information, contact Edward (Ned) Boyce.