An independent corporate and commercial law firm built around private company ownership, capital, and control.
Opportuna Legal is an independent corporate and commercial law firm advising private companies, families, and business owners on the matters that shape ownership, capital, and control: corporate transactions, corporate governance, trusts and succession, and United States cross-border work.
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Private company boards and owners often need to move quickly on matters where the commercial and legal questions are tightly interconnected. At Opportuna Legal, a Partner takes the brief and runs the engagement, from first conversation through to execution.
The firm also works with accountants, investment bankers, corporate advisers, and offshore counsel on matters where a commercially grounded Australian lawyer is needed alongside the broader transaction team.
Opportuna Legal sits inside the Western Australian private business community. Family-owned enterprises, primary producers, mining services businesses operating beyond the major resources sector, and trust structures that have carried Western Australian wealth across generations all sit within the firm's regular work. That depth makes a material difference on transactions involving Western Australian operations, owners, or counterparties, particularly on the cross-border deals where overseas acquirers need a counterparty who understands what they are buying.
The firm also works in the sectors that are reshaping the state's corporate landscape: technology and early-stage companies, life sciences and clinical-stage businesses, and the defence industry. Defence is a particular growth area for Western Australia, supported by sustained federal investment, the AUKUS programme, and the expansion of the Henderson maritime industrial precinct.
Regional work is done in the regions. We meet with owners and boards in Esperance, Karratha, Port Hedland, Kalgoorlie, and elsewhere across the state where they operate.
Anthony Jarvis is the Managing Partner of Opportuna Legal. He is admitted in Western Australia and New South Wales and brings more than twenty years of corporate and commercial legal experience across the private sector and government.
Read Anthony's full biography →Three things distinguish how Opportuna Legal engages on a matter.
A Partner takes the brief and runs the engagement from first conversation through to execution. The brief does not change hands.
Advice, contracts, and articles are anchored in current legislation, regulatory guidance, and recent decisions. Work product is built to hold up under scrutiny from boards, acquirers, and regulators.
Australian regulatory and contractual work that coordinates cleanly with United States counsel on cross-border transactions, including in life sciences and defence.
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