Dairy

Our highly experienced team has worked on some of the country’s most significant dairying projects. 

Our firm carried out legal work for the initial wave of large-scale dairy conversions of more than 60 farms throughout the South Island. Since then we’ve advised on a wide range of legal issues, involving a number of major corporate farming ventures.

We regularly advise on:
  • farm sale & purchase
  • farm purchase due diligence
  • finance agreements and securities
  • company and joint venture structuring
  • advice on sharemilking agreements
  • irrigation company arrangements
  • RMA compliance
  • Formation of Dairy Brands Group and farm purchase. This was formerly a NZSE-listed company owning approximately 50 dairy farms.
  • Formation of Camden Group and farm purchase. This is a successful group of companies which owns a number of dairy farms running large stock numbers.
  • Proposed sale of shares in Dairy Holdings Ltd. We act for shareholders in this company which owns approximately 30 dairy farms.
  • Advising on complex insolvency issues for Crafar Farms, one of NZ’s largest corporate dairy farming operations.