Carla Koffel

Our family name is the name on the door and that means everything to us.

Our firm opened in 1990 and we now represent businesses ranging from Australian entrepreneurs to established industry leaders with turnover in excess of EUR 2 billion per year. We understand what it is like to build, own and run your own business and we take great pride in working with clients who trust us with what is often their life’s work.

Business

We are a business minded law firm. We understand the full range of issues that both individuals and businesses face. Our principal has owned and run his own successful multinational advertising business, and our staff hold qualifications in business, finance and accounting. We draw upon our full range of experience gained over the years in representing our commercial clients.

Our knowledge of the different facets of business allows us to apply a holistic approach ensuring that our legal support is fully integrated to achieve our client’s desired outcome.

Global

We represent clients all around the world including off shore companies investing into Australia and Australian based multinationals with interests in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. We have a depth of experience in dealing with the difficulties clients face in cross border transactions including language and cultural barriers as well as the specific legal complexities associated with foreign jurisdictions.

With over 30 years of international experience, we are one of the select few Sydney firms that specialise in cost effective cross border work.

Our family based approach and business knowledge, combined with our international capability makes us “Koffels”.

Practice Areas:

Derecho de sociedades

Building & Construction Law

Derecho mercantil

Compensation Law

Compensation Law

Derecho penal

Debt Collections

Derecho laboral

Derecho de familia

Finance & Credit

Horse Law / Equine Law

Intellectual Property Law

International Business Transactions

Insolvency Law

Litigation & Dispute Resolutions

Medical Law

Migration

Probate, Succession, Wills and Estate Planning

Real Property & Conveyancing

Sports Law including Motor Sports

Strata & Community Title Law

With over 25 years experience,  Carla has worked in multiple jurisdictions with the private sector, international development organisations, policy makers,  and philanthropic initiatives. 

Carla has had an extensive international career living and working in the UK, the Middle East, Central and South America and Latin America.  Her previous roles  include;   Assistant General Counsel and Executive Board Member for Sodexo, UK;   Executive Director for Pearl Initiative, UAE;  Country Director for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, Bahrain;  and Country Director for the Children’s Legal Centre, Tajikistan.

 Her corporate law experience includes Contractual advice and negotiation for  Multi-National Companies and High Net Worth Individuals, Cross-border M&A,  complex settlements and disputes, and consideration of multi-jurisdictional tax implications.

Carla’s experience also includes establishing impact measurement and reporting for investors, leading programmes for international donors such as United Nations agencies;  promoting good corporate governance practices and ethical supply chain management; and advocating for human rights. 

Carla is also Governance & Impact Director of Amazonia Impact Ventures, an impact investor working to mitigate climate change by investing in indigenous and forest people’s enterprises to protect and regenerate the Amazon rainforest and improve the lives of its people.