Protecting wealth across Melbourne’s most affluent suburbs — from Toorak and Brighton to South Yarra and Hawthorn. Our premium online BFA service is trusted by Melbourne’s high net worth professionals, business owners, and medical specialists.
While our service is entirely online, many of our clients are based in Melbourne and greater Victoria. We understand the unique financial landscape of Australia’s second-largest city.
Toorak, South Yarra, Brighton, and Hawthorn consistently rank among Australia’s most expensive suburbs. With median house prices in Toorak exceeding $4 million and Brighton well above $3 million, a BFA is essential for protecting substantial residential property assets and addressing Victorian stamp duty considerations on future acquisitions.
Melbourne’s business ecosystem spans everything from established Collins Street firms to the thriving startup scene in Cremorne and Richmond. Whether you’re a founder with equity at stake or a senior executive with complex remuneration packages, we draft agreements that properly account for business valuations, share options, and intellectual property.
Melbourne has one of Australia’s most significant concentrations of medical specialists, centred around the Parkville biomedical precinct, East Melbourne consulting suites, and major hospitals. We frequently work with surgeons, specialists, and healthcare professionals whose practice goodwill represents a major component of their asset pool.
As Australia’s legal and financial services capital, Melbourne is home to professionals who understand the value of contractual certainty. Lawyers, accountants, fund managers, and financial advisers in the CBD and inner suburbs regularly seek BFAs to protect assets they’ve spent careers building.
Our expertise with Melbourne clients means we understand the specific property, business, and tax structures common across Victoria.
Melbourne’s property market has distinct characteristics that affect BFA drafting. From the heritage homes of Canterbury and Kew to the luxury apartments of Port Melbourne and Albert Park, Victorian property comes with unique stamp duty obligations, land tax thresholds, and council rate structures that must be properly addressed in any financial agreement.
We account for Victorian-specific considerations including the state’s stamp duty concession framework, principal place of residence exemptions, and the treatment of investment properties held across multiple Victorian municipalities such as Stonnington, Bayside, and Boroondara.
Without a BFA, Melbourne residents would need to apply to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia — Melbourne Registry for property settlement orders. The Melbourne Registry is one of Australia’s busiest family courts, with wait times that can extend well beyond 12 months. A properly drafted BFA bypasses this entirely, saving you time, money, and emotional distress.
Victorian stamp duty on property transfers can be substantial. A BFA allows you to define how property is treated without triggering additional duty obligations that might arise through court-ordered property settlements. This is a key consideration for clients holding multiple Melbourne properties.
A straightforward, entirely online process designed for busy Melbourne professionals. No office visits required — complete everything from your home in Toorak, your office on Collins Street, or wherever you happen to be.
Complete our secure online questionnaire detailing your assets, property holdings, business interests, and circumstances. We’ll review your situation and provide a clear recommendation on the best BFA structure for you — whether you hold property in Toorak, a business in Cremorne, or investments across Victoria.
Our legal team drafts a bespoke agreement tailored to your specific asset pool and circumstances. We address Melbourne-specific considerations including Victorian property law, state-based tax implications, and the treatment of complex structures such as SMSFs, family trusts, and company holdings common among Melbourne’s high net worth individuals.
Both parties receive independent legal advice as required under the Family Law Act 1975. We facilitate this process online, ensuring full compliance with all legal requirements. Your agreement is then executed and becomes a legally binding document, enforceable across all Australian jurisdictions.
We were both time-poor professionals working in the Melbourne CBD and dreaded the thought of spending weeks going back and forth with lawyers in person. Accord Private handled our entire BFA online — we reviewed documents in the evenings from our apartment in South Yarra and had everything signed within five weeks. The agreement properly addressed both our property in Brighton and my business interests, which was our main concern.
Common questions from our Melbourne-based clients about Binding Financial Agreements.
Our online BFA service is available to clients across Melbourne and all of Victoria, including the following areas.