Services
Below you’ll find some of the services I provide to New Zealand companies, based on decades of legal and regulatory experience in advisory, transactional and in-house roles. If you don’t see anything that fits your need, please get in touch
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Due diligence
Due diligence on potential customers, buyers, co-venturers and start-ups. Go deeper than the usual superficial box-ticking to discover the truth. Remember it’s as much about the people as the numbers.
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Business sales & purchases
Helping you to determine whether values are realistic, if you can trust the counterparty, and will you be better or worse off after the sale or purchase.
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Contracting, joint venturing & partnership
Know the risks and benefits in different business structures before joining with others.
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Franchising, licensing & distribution
Avoid the common traps in franchising. Distinguish between what is viable to franchise or license and what is speculative and only generates one-off gains to the franchisor.
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Business succession
Can or should your business be passed on to a family member or must it be sold outside the family? Will the business survive your exit or is it too closely allied to your name and reputation?
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Asset protection
Use the correct structures to protect your assets from unforeseen events and predatory claimants.
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Reorganisation of corporate groups
Restructure groups of companies and other entities to maximise efficiency and minimise risks while avoiding unnecessary complexity and expense.
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International expansion or contraction
Helping you to manage a global expansion with legal, tax and audit clearances and regulatory compliance. Manage a retreat from global markets with maximum protection from liabilities.
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Crisis management
Don’t panic! Manage business and personal risks beyond the initial attack or threat by a competitor or regulator.
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Insurance claims and disputes
Help with complex or stalemated claims and disputes involving the Natural Hazards Commisson (formerly EQC), property, motor, business interruption, life, travel and other policies.
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Avoid or resolve shareholder disputes
Shareholder disputes have ruined many New Zealand companies. Pre-empt trouble with the right structures and documents and if you're in dispute avoid the common lose–lose outcome.
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In-house professional services
Fixed term or intermittent management of legal and other professional services. Get the best value from your professional advisors and scope future legal roles in your business.
Pricing
Simplified pricing
As I am no longer a lawyer I don’t have lawyer’s overheads and don’t charge the equivalent of legal rates. My standard hourly rate is NZ$340, plus GST.
Long-term or special projects can be negotiated on a daily, weekly, monthly or other basis. Commission or success fees don’t apply, and I don’t charge for mileage, photocopying or other incidentals.
