Our Expertise
For All Areas
Commercial Contracts
Our commercial specialists provide timely and pragmatic advice to suppliers and customers on a broad range of commercial contracts across all business and industry sectors.
Our significant experience includes supply and distribution arrangements, licensing, logistics and warehousing, and facilities management. We also advise on franchising, joint ventures, sales and marketing, manufacturing, outsourcing, maintenance, and support arrangements.
Leading companies value our experience when it comes to major projects and complex cross-border contracts. Our commercial law experts work, together with our specialist intellectual property, regulatory and tax lawyers, to provide comprehensive advice on the structuring and documenting of strategic arrangements. This involves advice on suitable business structures, including joint ventures, partnerships (including limited partnerships), and strategic alliances.
We advise both public and private organisations on public/private partnerships (PPPs).
Our Experience
- Northpower - advising on participation in Ultra-Fast Broadband Project for Whangarei region
- Ministry of Economic Development - development of Ultra-Fast Broadband Project
- Agria Corporation (a NYSE listed Chinese agriculture business) - strategic co-operation agreement for Agria and PGG Wrightson to work together to share know-how and intellectual property globally, as part of Agria's $120 million investment
- Haier Group Corporation - commercial arrangements with Fisher & Paykel Appliances (FPA) for the sale, distribution and maintenance of FPA products in China and for FPA to sell, distribute and maintain Haier products in New Zealand and Australia
- Tennis Auckland - redevelopment of ASB Tennis Centre
- Eden Park - 2011 Rugby World Cup development
- Auckland City Council - Vector Arena Project
- Winstone Aggregates, Golden Bay Cement, Humes, Firth Industries, CSP Pacific - operational and trading arrangements
- BP Oil New Zealand - "Fuel Dockets" scheme with Foodstuffs and Pak'n Save Fuels arrangements
What next?
Our People:
- Partners
- Robert McLeanRobert McLean
- Karen NganKaren Ngan
- Michael SageMichael Sage
- Peter StubbsPeter Stubbs
- Dave TruemanDave Trueman
- Simon VanniniSimon Vannini
- Stephen WardStephen Ward
- Elisabeth WelsonElisabeth Welson
- Special Counsel
- David CochraneDavid Cochrane
- Consultants
- Neil CameronNeil Cameron
- Senior Associates
- Alex CampbellAlex Campbell
- Lisa CarbinesLisa Carbines
- Sarah ChapmanSarah Chapman
- Averill DicksonAverill Dickson
- Jane HarrisJane Harris
- James HawesJames Hawes
- Gwendoline KeelGwendoline Keel
- Joanna LimJoanna Lim
- Craig NelsonCraig Nelson
- Andrew TetzlaffAndrew Tetzlaff
- Raphael WinickRaphael Winick
