Rob is a senior associate in the commercial group. Rob specialises in sales and marketing, events and sponsorship, insolvency, personal property securities, and compliance programmes.
Rob advises a number of multinational and local companies on the sale, marketing, and promotion of their products in New Zealand. His specialist expertise is in the sale and marketing of food, dietary supplements, and medicines.
Rob also advises on all aspects of insolvency, personal property securities, and regulatory compliance, particularly trade practices.
Examples of Work
- Advising a major creditor in one of New Zealand's first voluntary administrations, Icon Digital Entertainment, operator of the Sounds and Blockbuster video stores
- Assisting individuals in entering into personal compromises with creditors to avoid bankruptcy
- Advising multinational companies on their security position with insolvent creditors
- Advising insolvency practitioners about receivership
- Sales and marketing law advice to multinational food, medicine, and direct-selling companies
- Auditing the trade practices compliance programmes of multinational food companies and advising on effective compliance programmes
Other Credentials
- Insol New Zealand - Member
- New Zealand Marketing Association - Member
