Overseas Investment

May 2012

FYI:Employment Law

Recently the Government has announced its intention to make changes to a number of areas of employment law, including approving the changes it proposed in its pre-election manifesto. The National Government has followed up on its pre-election manifesto by passing...

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FYI:Environment, Planning & Resource Management

The Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Bill does a lot more than change the name of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (HPT) to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (HNZ). Restructuring HPT The name change may provoke some reaction from...

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Q&A:2012 Consultation on proposed changes to Emissions Trading Scheme

In this Q&A we answer some questions about the scope and implications of consultation undertaken by the Government on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme in May 2012. 1. Why does New Zealand have an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)? New...

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Our People:Kevin Jaffe

Kevin Jaffe

Kevin is the firm's chairman and a corporate partner providing strategic advice on high-profile and complex transactions. His practice includes...

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