Our team provides advice on all aspects of corporate and commercial law. Our clients in this area range from entrepreneurs through to multinational concerns.
We make it easy for them to achieve the results they’re seeking by looking for ways to make the deal happen. We think about how each client likes to work, the nature of their issue, and their attitude to risk. We then make recommendations based on this information, designed to get them their desired outcome in a way that works for them.
If you want to work with a team that will look for ways to get the deal done, contact one of our partners listed below.
Our services include
- Asset and share purchases/sales
- Company constitutions and shareholder agreements
- Company sales and purchases
- Company structuring
- Competition law issues
- Corporate governance and directors’ duties
- Debt/equity securities and capital raising (including Securities Act issues)
- Financial Reporting Act and company law disclosure requirements
- General business advice
- Joint venture arrangements
- Mergers, acquisitions and takeovers
- Public listings
- Share issues, rights issues, offers and buy backs
- Statutory compliance
- Succession planning
Partners
- Bryan Henderson
- Phone: 03 450 0723
- Fraser Goldsmith
- Phone: 03 471 5439
- Lesley Brook
- Phone: 03 467 7164
- Sarah-Jane Weir
- Phone: 03 379 0037
- Sharon Knowles
- Phone: 03 467 7178
- Ben Johnston
- Phone: 03 364 9230
- Warwick Deuchrass
- Phone: 03 467 7169
- Paul Hubbard
- Phone: 03 477 3973
- Kerry O'Donnell
- Phone: 03 450 0729
- Sarah Simmers
- Phone: 03 467 7184
Consultants
- Geoff Thomas
- Phone: 03 471 5442
- Stuart Walker
- Phone: 03 477 3973
Associates
- Kate Hesson
- Phone: 03 467 7166
- Josie Simpson
- Phone: 03 364 9231
- Victoria Pfahlert
- Phone: 03 364 9205
- Stephanie Pettigrew
- Phone: 03 471 5437
- Andrew Skinner
- Phone: 03 364 9206
Publications
- Lawlink publication - Corporate Governance
- Only Fools Lease Horses (And Don't Register) - Lessons from the PPSA Four Years On
- Dangers for directors not up with the play
- The New Overseas Investment Regime
- Phoenix Companies – Personal Liability and Penalties for Directors
- Investment Advisers and Brokers – New Disclosure Obligations
- Limited partnerships as an investment destination
