Safeguarding wealth across Australia’s financial capital — from the Eastern Suburbs and North Shore to the Inner West and Northern Beaches. Our premium online BFA service is trusted by Sydney’s finance professionals, business founders, medical specialists, and high net worth individuals.
Sydney is home to Australia’s greatest concentration of wealth. Our service is designed for individuals whose asset profiles demand sophisticated, carefully drafted financial agreements.
Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs contain some of the most valuable residential real estate in the southern hemisphere. Point Piper, Vaucluse, and Double Bay command median house prices in the tens of millions, while Woollahra, Rose Bay, and Paddington consistently sit among Australia’s most expensive postcodes. The North Shore suburbs of Mosman, Neutral Bay, and Cremorne offer harbour views at premium prices. Protecting these assets through a BFA is not optional — it’s essential.
Martin Place, Barangaroo, and the Sydney CBD house the headquarters of Australia’s major banks, global investment firms, and fund managers. Our Sydney clients frequently hold complex financial assets including share portfolios, managed funds, carried interest, RSUs, and deferred compensation structures. We draft BFAs that distinguish between pre-relationship wealth and partnership-era earnings with precision.
Sydney’s tech ecosystem, centred around Surry Hills, Pyrmont, and North Sydney, has produced a generation of founders and executives with significant equity stakes. We understand how to value and protect startup equity, share options, intellectual property, and co-founder arrangements — assets that are often difficult to quantify but critically important to protect in a BFA.
Sydney’s position as a global gateway means many clients hold assets across multiple jurisdictions. Property in London, business interests in Singapore and Hong Kong, and investments in US markets are common among our Sydney clientele. A BFA under Australian law can address these international holdings, and we draft agreements that account for the complexity of cross-border asset protection.
Our experience with Sydney’s high net worth clients gives us deep insight into the city’s unique property, business, and investment dynamics.
NSW has its own property tax framework, including stamp duty rates, land tax thresholds, and foreign investor surcharges that differ from other states. For clients holding multiple properties across Sydney — perhaps a family home in Woollahra, an investment apartment in Bondi, and a weekender in the Southern Highlands — these state-specific considerations must be properly addressed in any BFA.
We also address the treatment of properties held through corporate trustees, family trusts, and self-managed super funds — structures that are particularly common among Sydney’s private wealth holders.
Sydney’s Macquarie Street has long been Australia’s most prestigious address for medical specialists. From surgeons in Darlinghurst to consultants across the Eastern Suburbs, medical professionals in Sydney often have substantial practice goodwill, complex superannuation structures, and significant income that warrants protection. We understand these unique professional assets and how to address them comprehensively in a BFA.
Without a BFA, property disputes for Sydney residents are heard at the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia — Sydney Registry at 97–99 Goulburn Street. As one of the nation’s busiest registries, wait times can be extensive. A properly executed BFA eliminates the need for court involvement entirely, providing both parties with certainty and complete privacy.
A streamlined, entirely online process designed for time-poor Sydney professionals. Complete everything from your home in Mosman, your office in Barangaroo, or anywhere you happen to be.
Complete our secure online questionnaire detailing your property portfolio, business interests, share holdings, international assets, and financial circumstances. We’ll assess your situation and recommend the optimal BFA structure — whether you hold harbour-front property in Point Piper, a fintech business in Surry Hills, or a diversified portfolio managed through Martin Place.
Our legal team drafts a bespoke agreement addressing the full complexity of your financial position. For Sydney clients, this typically includes premium real estate, complex remuneration structures (bonuses, RSUs, carried interest), SMSF holdings, family trust distributions, business equity, and any international assets. We handle the intricacies that generic BFA providers miss.
Both parties receive independent legal advice as mandated by the Family Law Act 1975. We facilitate this entirely online, ensuring full compliance without either party needing to attend a physical office. Your executed BFA becomes a legally binding document enforceable across all Australian jurisdictions and is designed to withstand scrutiny.
Between my role in funds management at Barangaroo and properties in Woollahra and the Southern Highlands, our financial situation was genuinely complex. Accord Private drafted a BFA that covered everything — including my carried interest, international share holdings, and my wife’s family trust interests. The process was entirely online, which suited us both perfectly. The level of detail and care was exceptional.
Common questions from our Sydney-based clients about Binding Financial Agreements.
Our online BFA service is available to clients across Sydney and all of New South Wales.