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

Anne Wilson
Phone: 03 364 9219
Alistair Moore
Phone: 03 477 3973
Bruce Boivin
Phone: 03 450 0713
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
Kate Walker
Phone: 03 467 7186
Brett Gould
Phone: 03 450 0740
Mike Kerr
Phone: 03 364 9256
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