Services

1. Corporate & Transactional

• Mergers and acquisitions (including due diligence)
• Business structuring and reorganisations (entities, incorporation, shareholder issues and facilitating advice on tax issues)
• Joint venture arrangements

2. Securities

• IPOs and other capital raising
• Stock exchange and securities regulation
• Share option schemes (including compliance products)

3. International

• Co-ordinating and arranging international taxation, accounting and regulatory advice
• Cross-border migrations and transactions
• Transfer pricing, including drafting / reviewing services, management and LRD agreements

4. Incorporation & Corporate Secretarial

• Company incorporation (including standard or tailored shareholder agreements and constitutions)
• Registered office services, filing annual returns / audited financial statements
• Company administration (eg changes in director details, share issues etc)

5. Business Development

• Financing and securitisation (including infrastructure, project and acquisition finance)
• Credit facilities and related security arrangements
• Government funding and grants
• Acquisition and leasing of commercial property (for development, occupation and investment)

6. Commercial & Business Advisory

• Commercial agreements (including terms of trade, supply, services, distribution, agency)
• General commercial issues (security interests, distribution, product liability)
• Consumer law issues (including Fair Trading Act, Consumer Guarantees Act, privacy issues)
• Competition law (including trade practices, business acquisitions clearance applications)

7. Intellectual Property and Information Technology

• Intellectual property protection, enforcement and commercialisation
• Trade mark registration, and brand availability and protection advice
• Agreements (licensing, sponsorship, research, consultancy, out-sourcing, systems integration)
• Ownership, securitisation and cross-border issues

8. Compliance and Regulatory

• Employment, workplace safety
• Finance and insurance (including incorporation, reporting requirements and compliance)
• Health and pharmaceutical (including licensing, importation and international distribution)
• Commerce Commission and Overseas Investment Office (consents for acquisitions and investment)