FYI Applied Business Law Simpson Grierson's Applied Business Law newsletter provides practical advice on topical business law issues arising from our own experiences as well as developments and news from the marketplace. By way of illustration, current articles cover such topics as effective PPSA practices, corporate insolvency law reform, and practical lessons learned about New Zealand's overseas investment regime. The focus is always on: what does it mean for you, our clients - hence the title, Applied Business Law.
FYI Banking & Finance Simpson Grierson's Banking and Finance Group publishes articles providing insight into recent banking and finance issues.
FYI Competition Law The Competition Law Group's newsletter provides timely information on business mergers and acquisitions, risk identification and compliance with key competition legislation such as the Commerce Act, Fair Trading Act and Consumer Guarantees Act. It also discusses restrictive trade practices, consumer protection issues and the function and powers of the Commerce Commission.
FYI Corporate Advisory The Simpson Grierson Corporate Advisory newsletter looks at some of the strategic and highly complex matters dealt with by the group. Simpson Grierson Corporate Advisory is involved in all aspects of corporate law, from major mergers and acquisitions, to takeovers, public offerings of securities, listed company compliance, and corporate litigation support.
FYI Employment Law The Employment Law Group's newsletter regularly covers all issues relating to employment law, industrial relations and health and safety issues. For example, the FYI may look at new or amended legislation, and recent judgments of interest.
FYI Energy Works The Energy Group's newsletter incorporates industry knowledge and technical expertise regarding all industry sectors within the wider energy sector - exploration, electricity, oil, gas, and mining.
FYI Hospitality Simpson Grierson's specialist hospitality newsletter focuses on providing advice to hotels and motels, restaurants, resorts, wineries, breweries, entertainment promoters, insurance companies and trade associations on the full range of legal and business issues affecting the industry.
FYI Liquor Update The Simpson Grierson Liquor Update newsletter focuses on issues around the sale and supply of alcohol including legislation and licensing information and updates.
FYI Intellectual Property (On your Marks) The Intellectual Property Group's newsletter provides news and stories on a full range of IP related issues including: IP registration and portfolio management, contracts, licensing and franchising and internet commerce, IP aspects of major corporate transactions, enforcement issues including trade mark, patent, designs and copyright infringement.
FYI Infrastructure (Project News) The Construction Group's newsletter contains information regarding projects and infrastructure-related issues across all industries. It looks at the latest industry issues including the Construction Contracts Act, PPPs, alliancing, procurement strategies, tendering issues, documentation, dispute resolution and financing structures.
FYI On the Case Simpson Grierson's Commercial Litigation newsletter provides news and information on a full range of commercial litigation issues including IP, Media, Medico-legal, Product Liability, Insurance, Gaming and Lotteries, Professional Indemnity, Property, Oil and Gas, Competition Law and Construction. Increasing litigation (and an increasingly litigious environment) is a key issue facing corporations today and with that in mind, we aim to summarise recent cases and provide an educational newsletter to assist organisations with their litigation information requirements.
FYI Private Capital Simpson Grierson's private equity and venture capital team has international expertise and a depth of experience in all stages of the venture capital and private equity life cycle. A number of members of the group have worked in the private equity arena of some of the world's leading international law firms. Our Private Capital newsletters look at the latest developments and trends in the Private Capital sector.
FYI Property The Commercial Property Group's newsletter looks at commercial property issues in New Zealand, and occasionally includes articles relating to personal property. The Commercial Property Group also provides a weekly Q&A column in The New Zealand Herald entitled 'Prime Assets'.
FYI Public Law (Publicly Speaking) The Public Law Group's newsletter covers local government issues such as statutory processes, statutory compliance, consultation, official information, privacy, Local Government Act (and other relevant legislation and bylaws), local government structures (including business units and LATEs), elected members' obligations, construction, outsourcing, tendering, advice on the provision of services, judicial review, declaratory judgments, enforcement proceedings and prosecutions.
FYI RMA & Environmental Law The Resource Management & Environment Group's newsletter covers a range of day-to-day issues, as well as cases before local authorities and the courts, and pursuing and defending enforcement action, legislative changes, Maori and Treaty issues, public liability matters (for example nuisance and negligence claims against public bodies) and judicial review of statutory decisions.
FYI Sales & Marketing Simpson Grierson's Sales & Marketing Law Group provides practical advice on all legal issues surrounding the delivery of goods and services to the marketplace. The Group answers questions for NZ Marketing Magazine on a bi-monthly basis and this column is republished on our website and sent to relevant clients.
FYI Tax The Tax Group's newsletter provides insight into topical tax issues. Articles that the Tax Group has prepared for the New Zealand Law Journal are also republished on our website.
FYI x-tech The x-tech Group's newsletter covers issues relating to information technology, biotechnology/life sciences, e-business, intellectual property, commercialisation and telecommunications.
