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After working as a lawyer since 2001 in Deacons (now Norton Rose Fulbright Australia) in Sydney and from 2004 in Ward Keller Darwin, Thiagus Cheliah set up a legal practice in 2016 to provide high level personal, affordable and practical legal services.

We specialise in


  • Purchasing, selling businesses (including franchises) and in respect of operations of businesses
  • Advising and preparation of all documentation in respect of business succession, business asset protection, partnership and shareholder (buy-sell) agreements
  • Commercial and residential leasing documentation preparation and advice
  • Purchasing and selling of commercial (including pastoral leases) property and residential property, (including related due diligence) and all aspects of land tenure issues
  • Wills and estate planning (simple and complex including testamentary and protection trusts)
  • Trust law and customised trust (unit and discretionary) deeds preparation
  • SMSF law and SMSF law property purchases transfers, compliance etc
  • Commercial and consumer loans and advising on bank documents (including bank guarantees etc.), and mortgages/securities including in respect of the Personal Property Securities Act (Cwlth) and over all types of real and personal property including mining titles and indigenous rights lands
  • Commercial and residential building contracts
  • Taxation law (Income Tax, Fringe Benefits Tax, Goods and Services Tax, stamp duties, pay-roll tax) and Northern Territory mineral royalty
  • Corporate reconstruction and personal asset protection (including in respect of insolvency/bankruptcy)
  • Deceased estates investigation
  • For Northern Territory enterprises, interstate and overseas law firms dedicated project and specialist banking and finance lawyer in the Northern Territory.

WE UNDERSTAND BUSINESS