Not-for-Profit - Griffin Legal

We are committed to working with our community.

We are passionate about providing practical advice and innovative solutions to a range of national and local not-for-profits.

We can assist with all legal and advisory aspects for all not-for-profit organisations, leaving you more time to dedicate to your great community work or professional members. We offer special rates for not-for-profit charities and community organisations. We recognise the benefit these organisations provide to the community, and this is one way we can help.

We carefully select each of our team members to enhance our culture and to create a collaborative, diverse and supportive team. As a locally owned and nationally operating firm, we are proud of the important work we do for our valued clients and the role of our people in achieving practical and reliable outcomes.

Our Not-for-Profit Services

Our team of Not-for-Profit law experts have extensive experience delivering high quality services in each of our practice areas.

We are committed to delivering on our Client Service Standards of price, communication, timeliness and quality.

New Sharing Economy Reporting Regime

The Sharing Economy Reporing Regime (SERR) is a new requirement for platform businesses who provide services or hire personal assets through a website or an app. These businesses are known as electronic distribution platform (EDP) operators. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) states that, under SERR, an EDP is a service that
Privacy and Cyber
- Privacy policies, processes and practices
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Complex privacy advice
- Information flow assessments
Administrative Law
- Statutory interpretation
- Legislative changes and government policy
- Policy development and analysis
Procurement & Tendering
- Tender documents
- Procurement processes
- Negotiation with preferred supplier
- Contracting and subcontracting
Corporate Governance
- Governance reviews
- Constitutions
- Shareholder Agreements
- Partnership Agreements
- Joint Ventures
- Trusts
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Business Purchases & Sales
- Advising Boards
- Corporations Act advice and compliance
- Whistleblower schemes
- Sexual harassment prevention and response plan
- Child protection policies and procedures
Employment Law
- Respect at Work
- Workplace surveillance
- Employment policies
- Employment agreements
- Enterprise Agreements
- Workplace investigations
- Restructure, termination and separation advice
- Work health and safety
- Employment law disputes
- Sexual harassment prevention and response plan
Intellectual Property
- Trade marks, copyright and licensing
- Enforcement of intellectual property rights
- Dispute resolution
Information and Communications Technology
- ICT systems procurement
- ICT contracts
- Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
- Debt recovery
- Liquidations
- Property disputes
- Employment law disputes – General protections
- Employment law disputes – Unfair Dismissal
- Human Rights and discrimination claims
- Competition and Consumer law disputes
- General commercial litigation
- Administrative reviews
- Defamation
Property
- Conveyancing services
- Commercial conveyancing
- Leasing and licensing advice
- Property and planning law advice
- Property Law disputes
- Crown lease variations
- Development applications
Contract Law
- Contracts and agreements
- Unfair contractual terms
- Corporate compliance services
- Strategic planning and management reporting
- Trust advice and structuring
- Procurement
Insurance
- Public liability claims
- Coverage of insurance policies
- Deeds of indemnity
- Equity insurance trust agreement
Integrity
- Royal Commission hearings and responses
- ACT Integrity Commission hearings and inquiries
- National Anti-Corruption Commission hearings and inquiries
- Referral advice
- Investigations
- Government inquiries
- Policy and framework advice
- Fraud Control Framework advice
- Governance frameworks
- Anti-corruption advice
Secondments
- Short term and long term secondment arrangements
Secure Local Jobs
- Applying for certificates
- Audits

Secondments

Griffin Legal personnel are routinely engaged by agencies and organisations under both short-term and long-term secondment arrangements.

During the term of the arrangement, Griffin Legal personnel continue to be an employee of Griffin Legal but will work on-site alongside a team at an agency or organisation.

Secondment arrangements are beneficial to both our team members as well as the host agency or organisation. It is a great way to share information, access expert advice, and build relationships.

Specialised Advice
Our seconded staff have provided specialised advice while embedded in Australian Government agencies in the following practice areas:
- Privacy and data security
- Data governance
- Commercial law
- Corporate governance
- Procurement and tendering
- Administrative law
- Litigation services
- Royal Commissions
Specialised Qualifications
Our staff possess the following qualifications:
- Certificate IV in Government Investigations
- Diploma in Government Investigations
- Security clearances at different levels
- Employment Suitability Clearances
- Working with Vulnerable People Cards
- Approved Secure Local Jobs Code Auditors
- Diplomas of Leadership and Management
- AICD Company Director Course Graduates (GAICD)
- Demonstrated experience working in, and for, government.

Panel Arrangements

Griffin Legal has extensive capability in advising Government with a passion for providing high quality legal services to both Commonwealth Government and State/Territory Governments.

We can be engaged for both on-panel and off-panel work to suit the needs of the government agency.

We are proud to be an approved supplier appointed to many Australian Government and ACT Government panels.

- Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel
- Management Advisory Services Panel
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Probity Services Panel
- Sport Integrity Australia Investigation Panel
- Airservices Australia Workplace Investigations
- ASIC Enforcement Bundling Arrangements
- ACT Government Legal Services Panel
- ACT Public Trustee and Guardian Panel
- ACT Government Administrative Reviews, Investigations and Related Services Panel
- Ararat Rural City Council Probity Panel
- Registered Secure Local Jobs Auditors, appointed by ACT Government

Meet our

leadership
team

Carina Zeccola

Managing Director

Carina is the Managing Director and Government Team Leader at Griffin Legal. As Managing Director, Carina leads the execution of the firm’s strategic direction, by working closely with our team and clients to achieve the firm’s goals and vision, which is to remain a leading innovative legal and advisory firm. As Government Team Leader, Carina…
Claire Carton

Executive Director

Claire is founding partner and Executive Director at Griffin Legal and is our Not-for-Profit Team Leader. Now in her third decade of legal practice, Claire is known for her focused and strategic delivery of client outcomes. Having started her legal career in banking and finance, Claire has continued to practice broadly in corporate and commercial…
Nicole Platt

Partner

Nicole is a Partner at Griffin Legal, who specialises in the areas of probity and procurement, as well as overseeing the firm’s wills and estates practice. Nicole is a subject matter expert on running defensible and compliant procurement processes, with a particular interest on ensuring probity in the process. Nicole is an experienced Government lawyer…
Damien Brazel

Partner

Damien is a Partner at Griffin Legal, and his main areas of practice are administrative law, litigation, procurement and information law. Damien has advised on a numerous Australian Government policies and programs, and the legislative frameworks that underpins them. Damien delivers solution-orientated legal advice based on over 15 years’ experience advising many different agencies, including…
Jodie Bateup

Partner

Jodie is a Partner at Griffin Legal who specialises in Employment Law and Corporate Governance. Jodie has extensive experience assisting government and not-for-profit clients with complex employment matters, including contracts, enterprise agreements and navigating termination. Jodie has extensive experience providing governance advice and support to not-for-profit organisations. Jodie has gained trust from colleagues and clients…
William Ward

Partner

Will is a Partner at Griffin Legal who is one of only four lawyers in Canberra who are accredited by the NSW Law Society as a specialist in employment and industrial relations law. Will is an employment law subject matter expert with over 20 years’ experience in employment law and workplace relations. Will has advised…
Melinda Twyford

Special Counsel
- Government IT Procurement and Contracts
- Corporate/Non-corporate Governance
- Industrial Relations and Employment
Viktoria Kovac

Special Counsel
- Disputes and Litigation
- Employment Law
- Investigations
Melinda Smith

Special Counsel
- Privacy Law
- IT Law
- Administrative Law
Kelly Bush

Conveyancing Manager
- Conveyancing

Our Areas of expertise

Government (13)
Business (15)
Sport (13)
Personal (3)

Our full range of Government services include:
- Privacy and Cyber
- Governance & Probity
- Administrative Law
- Procurement & Tendering
- Employment Law
- Intellectual Property
- Information and Communications Technology
- Dispute Resolution
- Property
- Commercial Law
- Insurance
- Integrity
- Secondments
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Our full range of Business services include:
- New Sharing Economy Reporting Regime
- Privacy and Cyber
- Administrative Law
- Procurement & Tendering
- Corporate Governance
- Employment Law
- Intellectual Property
- Information and Communications Technology
- Dispute Resolution
- Property
- Contract Law
- Insurance
- Integrity
- Secondments
- Secure Local Jobs
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Our full range of Sport services include:
- Privacy and Cyber
- Administrative Law
- Procurement & Tendering
- Corporate Governance
- Employment Law
- Intellectual Property
- Information and Communications Technology
- Dispute Resolution
- Property
- Contract Law
- Insurance
- Integrity
- Secondments
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Our full range of Personal services include:
- Tree Protection Law Changes in the ACT
- Estate Planning and Estate Administration
- Conveyancing
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