Episodes
300
Latest episode
Aug 2026
Language
EN-AU
Talking Law provides smart legal tips for business, with all the jargon stripped away. Your host, Joanna Oakey, brings her decades of experience in law and in business to help business owners and managers discover how to avoid the lurking legal landmines before they blow up a business. Join us weekly to get clear and simple legal strategies for getting to optimal business results.
Dr. Michael Filosi removed himself from his own dental practice, eliminated key person dependency, and sold to private equity in 81 days flat. Here's exactly how he did it.
Shan Lai, Special Counsel at Aspect Legal, unpacks who's really buying Australian businesses from China right now - and why capital controls can catch sellers off guard.
Brett Goodyer returns to unpack employee buy-ins and ownership transitions, and the one document that decides whether a friendly sale stays friendly.
In this first part of our two-part series, host Joanna Oakey is joined by Brett Goodyer from Business Valuations Online to explore one of the most overlooked drivers of a smooth business sale: getting the structure right early.
In this episode of The Deal Room Podcast, Joanna Oakey is joined by experienced business brokers Hugo Martin from ABS Business Sales and Travis Latter from Infinity Business Brokers to unpack a critical driver of successful transactions: preparation for due diligence.
In this episode of The Deal Room Podcast, host Joanna Oakey shares insights from the Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB) Due Diligence Best Practices Forum, where she joined a panel of experienced advisors discussing what really causes business sales to slow down once contracts are in play.
In Part 2 of this conversation, Joanna Oakey sits down with Kristin Carney of Piper Health to unpack the real criteria corporates assess from FTE doctor numbers and staffing stability to cultural alignment and autonomy trade-offs.
In this episode of The Deal Room Podcast, host Joanna Oakey is joined by Kristin Carney, founder of Piper Health, to explore what doctors and medical practice owners commonly overlook when preparing for a sale. Drawing on decades of experience advising healthcare businesses and working within large corporate buyers, Kristin explains why due diligence can feel overwhelming, how corporates assess practices, and why emotional readiness is just as important as financial preparation.
Earn-outs are common in business sales, but they’re also one of the most misunderstood deal structures. In this episode, Joanna Oakey breaks down how earn-outs work, the risks that cause them to fail, and the legal considerations that matter most. Practical insights for business owners, brokers and advisors involved in sale transactions.
In this second part of our episode with Sally Stuart, Nouha Mohtadi, and Sabrina Xia— Host Joanna Oakey continues the conversation with three of LINK Business’ top business brokers . This time, the focus is on deal strategy and practical advice for business owners looking to sell.
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