Progressive Legal

Progressive Legal

Progressive Legal is a Sydney-based, client-focused NewLaw firm providing practical, commercially focused legal advice and tailored legal solutions to businesses across Australia.

Founded in 2014 by Principal Lawyer Ian Aldridge, Progressive Legal was established with a clear vision: to challenge the traditional approach to legal services by making high-quality legal advice more accessible, transparent and responsive to the needs of Australian businesses.

Having assisted over 5 thousand Australian businesses, the firm has extensive experience advising businesses and their owners, startups, entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized enterprises and established companies across a broad range of commercial legal matters.

Progressive Legal was founded on the understanding that business owners often experience three common frustrations when engaging legal services: cost, communication and care. The firm addresses these concerns through transparent pricing, clear communication and a genuine commitment to understanding each client’s business, objectives and challenges.

Rather than adopting a one-size-fits-all approach, Progressive Legal combines legal expertise with commercial understanding to identify risks, protect business interests and provide tailored solutions that support long-term growth.

The firm provides legal services Australia-wide, building lasting relationships with clients throughout the business lifecycle.

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Progressive Legal assists businesses in protecting, managing and enforcing their intellectual property rights, with particular expertise in trade marks and brand protection. The firm provides strategic advice to help clients safeguard their brands, intellectual property assets and competitive advantage.

Services include:

• Australian trade mark searches, international trade mark searches, trade mark applications, trade mark registrations, trade mark clearance searches, comprehensive trade mark searches;
• Trade mark objections, trade mark oppositions and trade mark disputes;
• Trade mark co-existence agreements, letters of consent of trade marks;
• Copyright infringement and intellectual property enforcement;
• Cease and desist letters and responding to cease and desist letters;
• Intellectual property licensing and IP assignment documents; deeds of assignment of intellectual property; deed of assignment of trade marks, deed of assignment of copyright;
• Confidentiality agreements and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), deeds of confidentiality, mutual NDAs.

Commercial Law

Progressive Legal provides commercially focused advice and tailored legal documentation and bespoke legal advice to help businesses establish strong contractual foundations, manage risk and protect their interests.

The firm works closely with clients to ensure plain-English commercial agreements align with their operational and strategic objectives.

Services include:

• Commercial contract drafting, review and negotiation; general commercial legal advice;
• Website terms and conditions and terms of service, end user licence agreements;
• Dual-sided market-place terms and conditions;
• Supplier agreements, manufacturing agreements and distribution agreements;
• Referral agreements, affiliate agreements and influencer agreements;
• Sale of business and purchase of business agreements; share sale agreements;
• Commercial lease drafting and review, drafting waivers and disclaimers; and
• Licensing agreements, franchise agreements and confidentiality agreements.

Business Structure and Corporate Law

Progressive Legal advises businesses on appropriate legal structures, corporate obligations and ownership arrangements. The firm provides strategic advice designed to support business growth, protect commercial interests and minimise potential disputes.

Services include:

• Company incorporation;
• Business structuring advice and legal restructuring;
• Shareholders agreements, partnership agreements, joint venture agreements;
• Corporate governance and director’s duties advice;
• Business succession and ownership arrangements;
• IP holding company setup and licence agreements,
• Deeds of Assignment of IP; and
• Corporate documentation and asset protection advice

Privacy Law

Progressive Legal assists businesses in navigating their privacy obligations and managing personal information in accordance with Australian privacy legislation and applicable international requirements. The firm helps clients establish practical compliance measures to minimise legal risks and maintain customer trust.

Services include:

• Privacy policies and compliance reviews, GDPR compliant privacy policies;
• Privacy Act and Australian Privacy Principles advice
• GDPR compliance advice where applicable
• Data collection, storage and disclosure obligations
• Data breach response and privacy complaints
• Website and online business privacy requirements

Workplace Law

Progressive Legal provides practical employment law advice to help employers manage workplace relationships, meet their legal obligations and minimise risk. The firm assists businesses in establishing compliant employment practices and navigating complex workplace matters.

Services include:

• Employment agreements, independent contractor agreements;
• Workplace policies and procedures;
• Breach of restraint of trade provisions, breach of intellectual property provisions, breach of confidentiality, non-solicitation and poaching of staff and clients;
• Performance management, performance improvement plan (PIP) advice, and disciplinary advice;
• Termination of employment contract advice, redundancy advice and workplace restructuring advice;
• Unfair dismissal claims, unlawful termination of employment, general protection claims, and workplace disputes; and
• Restraint of trade advice with respect to employment contracts

Dispute Resolution

Progressive Legal has extensive experience advising and representing clients in dispute resolution, with a focus on achieving practical and cost-effective outcomes. Drawing on its commercial litigation background, the firm assists clients in resolving disputes through negotiation, mediation and court proceedings where necessary.

Services include:

• General commercial litigation and contractual disputes;
• Shareholder disputes and partnership disputes;
• Intellectual property disputes, trade mark disputes, copyright infringement disputes;
• Workplace disputes, employment contract disputes;
• Cease and desist letters and letters of demand;
• Defamation litigation, drafting concerns notices, responding to concerns notice;
• Debt recovery, issuing statutory demands, responding to statutory demands, setting aside statutory demands.
• Domain name disputes;
• Negotiation, mediation and litigation

Estate Planning and Wills

Progressive Legal assists individuals and business owners with estate planning arrangements to protect their assets and provide certainty for the future. The firm provides tailored advice that considers personal circumstances, business interests and long-term succession objectives.

Services include:

• Drafting wills, reviewing wills, power of attorney, appointment of enduring guardian documents, trusts, testamentary trusts;
• Estate planning and succession advice for business owners and individuals;
• Asset protection and distribution considerations.

Our Approach

Progressive Legal is committed to providing more than just legal advice. Through transparent pricing, responsive communication and commercially practical solutions, the firm builds lasting relationships with clients and supports Australian businesses at every stage of their growth.

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