Success in business is about establishing and maintaining a competitive advantage and avoiding the pitfalls.

Our commercial team understands the need for pro-active and timely attention to business transactions.The team seeks to minimise business risk by working closely with you to analyse the best legal structures and strategies to achieve your desired result.

Our commercial team has experience and expertise in a wide range of areas including:

• Subdivision and property development
• Company and partnership structure and management
• Trusts
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• Specialist advice to Maori
• Negotiating and drafting commercial contracts
• Commercial leasing
• Waitangi Tribunal Claims
• Consumer Guarantees Act and Fair Trading advice
• Joint Ventures
• Franchising
• Commercial financing and securities documentation
• Competition and the Commerce Act
• New Zealand and overseas tenders and contracts
• Business and share acquisitions
• Privacy law issues 

For more information please contact one of our specialists:

• Bruce Johnson
  Partner  

• John Kahukiwa
  Partner