Veterinary practices · Australia-wide

Legal support for vet practices.

We work with practice owners and managers on the legal side of running a clinic: your team, your premises, your partners, and buying or selling a practice. Practical advice from lawyers who understand how practices actually run.

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We get veterinary practice.

Vet clinics have their own pressures: hard-to-replace clinicians, an industry award, regulators and boards, corporate buyers, and partners who are often also colleagues. We’ve worked through these with practices around Australia, so we can get to the point quickly.

Build.

Setting up, buying in or growing a practice.

  • Buying into or setting up a practice
  • Partnership and shareholder agreements between vets
  • Practice structures and trusts
  • Premises leases
  • Joining or partnering with a group
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Protect.

Your team, your clients and your registration.

  • Employment contracts under the vet award
  • Restraints and associate agreements
  • Performance, conduct and workplace issues
  • Client complaints and board notifications
  • Practice policies, privacy and client records
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Move.

Selling, succession and stepping back.

  • Selling your practice, including to a corporate group
  • Due diligence when buying a practice
  • Partner exits and succession planning
  • Restructures and ownership changes
  • Preparing a practice for sale
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Three ways we support practices.

Legal advice when you need a lawyer, quick answers when you don’t, and hands-on help with running the practice.

Fuse Law

Legal advice

Contracts, employment, disputes, leases, and buying or selling a practice. When it matters, you deal with a lawyer who knows the sector.

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Fuse Plus

Practice support

Our sister business, led by Jennie Deckker. Operational and leadership support for vet practices: advisory, coaching, operations and connection, in flexible tiers.

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Hackles

Quick answers

Plain-English answers to everyday legal questions for practice owners and managers, any time. When you need a lawyer, it connects you to us.

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Guides for practice owners.

Protect · People

Employing vets: getting the basics right

Contracts, the award, after-hours work and the issues that cause the most problems in vet practices.Read the guide 3 min readMove · Transition

Selling your vet practice to a corporate group

What to expect from the offer, due diligence and the deal terms, and what to sort out before you sign anything.Read the guide 3 min read

Common questions.

Do you work with practices outside Geelong?

Yes. We work with veterinary practices across Australia, with most work done by phone, video and email.

How is Fuse Plus different from Fuse Law?

Fuse Law provides legal advice. Fuse Plus is our sister business, providing operational and leadership support to vet practices. Many practices use both, and we’ll always be clear about which business is helping you.

What is Hackles?

Hackles gives practice owners and managers plain-English answers to everyday legal questions. It’s a starting point, not legal advice for your situation. When a question needs a lawyer, it connects you to Fuse Law.

Can you help if we’re being approached by a corporate buyer?

Yes. Talk to us early, ideally before you sign anything, including a letter of intent or a confidentiality agreement.

Running a practice? Let’s talk.

We’ll get back to you quickly with a clear plan.

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