As business owners ourselves, we understand the competing pressure on your time and resources. When approaching any business decision, our specialist commercial lawyers acknowledge that there will often be a range of options available to you. We will recommend the most appropriate course of action taking into consideration what is best for your business. Whether you are a sole business owner or a large company we can help you with the following:
Agribusiness and Rural/Farming Law
- Drafting and negotiating farm sale and purchase agreements
- Farm leases
- Sharemilking contracts
- Fonterra share contract matters
- Dispute resolution including farm leases, sharemilking agreements and other rural contract disputes.
- Farm succession planning
- Equity syndicate establishment and ongoing advice
- Rural subdivisions
- Rural conveyancing
- Specialised project management for non-farmer owners
- Public Works Act matters.
- Limited partnerships
- Forestry rights
- Emissions trading scheme as it relates to agriculture
- Due diligence on resource management issues/property transactions
Commercial Law
- Commercial sale and purchase agreements
- Commercial contracts
- Business sale and purchase agreements
- Commercial leases
- Company matters including shareholder, buy/sell, joint venture and franchise agreements.
- Corporate governance
- Business succession planning
- Shareholder disputes
- Finance
- Trademarks and Copyright advice
- Charities and Not for profits
- Terms of Trade and PPSR matters
Employment Law
- Preparation and review of employment documentation including employment agreements, service contracts and workplace policies
- Disciplinary processes and dismissals
- Performance management
- Restructuring and redundancy
- Bullying allegations and investigations
- Health and safety
- Good faith issues
- The enforcement of restraints of trade
- Confidentiality and intellectual property
- Privacy issues
- Human rights issues, including discrimination
- Parental leave
- Pay equity
- IT and social media issues
- Contract interpretation
- Holidays Act obligations and entitlements
- Compliance
- Employment implications of selling/purchasing a business
- Personal grievances and legal disputes
- Resolving workplace disputes
- Advice and representation for education providers and/or teachers/educators
- Disciplinary proceedings brought by Professional bodies, such as the Education Council Complaints Assessment Committee
- Advocacy and dispute resolution including at mediation, the Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court, Human Rights Commission, Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Human Rights Review Tribunal, and civil courts
- Employment investigations and preparation of independent reports, such as in complex and sensitive allegations of sexual harassment and bullying