About Us
What we do
We have a wealth of experience across a number of areas including:
- Property Law – including complex property matters including large developments, Joint Venture Agreements and construction disputes, as well as commercial leasing and simple conveyancing.
- Business and Commercial Law – drafting and advising on simple and complex commercial agreements, sale and purchase of businesses, and commercial disputes.
- Wills and Estates – estate and succession planning, drafting wills and powers of attorney, applying for grant of probate/letters of administration, advising and assisting executors on all aspects connected to estate administration, and resolving complex estate disputes.
- Family Law – property settlements, divorces, and preparation of Binding Financial Agreements.
- Disputes and Litigation – BAB, VCAT, Magistrates, County, Supreme and High Court proceedings.
- Driving/traffic offences – we can assist you if you have been charged with a traffic or driving offence. We will help you understand the best potential outcome you can obtain given the facts of your case and support you in achieving that result when your case is heard in Court. Scomparin & Bernardi Lawyers can handle all forms of driving offences, from minor to more serious offences including where people have been injured or property has been damaged.
We have a down to earth approach, with a focus on providing practical, commercial, and cost-effective advice and solutions. We endeavour to be transparent, responsive and accessible in order to build strong and enduring client relationships. Every client is important to us and assisting them in achieving the best possible outcome in their matter is our priority.
Our Core Values
- To provide clear communication and transparency around process and likely outcomes.
- To provide reliable and reasonably priced services.
- To deliver commercially focused solutions.
- To work closely with our clients to achieve the best possible outcomes.
- To approach our work with care and compassion, for our clients and their matters.
If you have a property, commercial, family, wills and estates or dispute matter, please contact us to see if we can assist on 03 9489 2488 or email us at [email protected]
History of the firm
Scomparin & Bernardi is a boutique general practice firm, based in Clifton Hill. We provide quality legal services to private individuals and businesses, small and large, in Melbourne, interstate and internationally, and have done so for over 50 years.
The firm was established by Giovanni Scomparin and Carlo Bernardi, two Italian immigrants from the Veneto region, in 1970. Over the 50 years of operating, SB Law Partners have forged many enduring relationships within the Italian and Clifton Hill Communities, with business owners and generations of families, who have engaged us to act over decades, in a variety of matters.
Giovanni Scomparin sadly passed in 2019. Until his passing, he provided advice and support to the Italian community both in person and on Rai Italia. In 2018 the Law Institute of Victoria awarded Giovanni a Certificate of Service to Law and the Italian Community during his 50 years of practice.
Carlo continues to build and grow this legacy and we now have lawyers who are fluent in Italian, Filipino, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu.
Throughout the years, both Carlo and Giovanni have remained closely connected to their Italian roots and given back to the community. Giovanni was on the first committee which founded the Veneto Club (which provides a home away from home and preserving Veneto traditions for generations, the club is a prosperous Italian club with the goal of connecting families) and was a board member at Co.As.It (whose mission is to promote Italian language, culture and heritage while providing culturally appropriate services to the Italian-Australian Community) until his death. Giovanni was also president of INCA-CGIL.
Carlo has been an active member of the Veneto Club, previously serving as its solicitor for 20 years and also as a committee member. He now sits on the board of the Italian Australian Foundation providing educational, cultural and heritage resources, as well as grants and bursaries for those of Italian heritage in Australia. He was also on the board of San Carlo Homes For the Aged and Co.As.It.