Wynn Williams provides commercially-astute, proactive legal solutions for any business issue or opportunity.
We have a team of commercial lawyers with experience across a wide range of business sectors and sizes. Our commercial clients include large national and multinational companies, as well as owner-operators.
We have a strong focus on export and international trade, primary industry, agribusiness, transport, construction, technology/biotechnology, and local government.
Our services cover all aspects of business structuring – including mergers, acquisitions and disposals; joint ventures, governance advice, shareholders rights, and insolvency. We also advise on the full spectrum of operational requirements - including banking and finance, securities law, international trade, insurance, and employment.
Our goal is simple - to work with you to find the best solution, and maximize your opportunities, whatever your situation.
- Advising on the successful merger of two significant Canterbury real estate businesses.
- Significant property disposal for a large education provider, complying with property disposal requirements of the Education Act.
- Mortgagee sales and advising a significant Investment Fund on the wind up of its portfolio.
- Undertaking a major refinance for a tourism operator in Canterbury.
- Preparing and advising on terms of trade and distribution agreements for several exporting companies.
- Drafting company constitutions and shareholder agreements.
- Acting for a number of large organisations in relation to updating their employment contracts, restructurings and resolving employment issues.
- Registration of trade marks for several manufacturers and service providers.
- Group structuring for companies.
- Dealing with leasing issues for both landlords and tenants following the Christchurch earthquake events.
- Advising on leasing issues for a New Zealand registered bank at its South Island sites.
- The application of the Securities Act on property development proposals.
- The leasing of large shopping centres.
- The acquisition and sale of numerous commercial buildings throughout NZ.
- International trade contracts for the sale of goods, the provision of services and licensing and distribution arrangements.
- Assisting a locally-based bedding retailer with their plans to expand nationwide.
- Acting for various local and offshore corporate entities and individuals on the acquisition, financing and disposal of multi-million dollar properties.
- Negotiating and documenting international licensing arrangements for a listed agri-business.
- Acting for New Zealand Deer Farms Limited, Australasia's largest corporate deer farmer.