Wynn Williams has partnered with the farming community for more than 150 years. While the face of farming has changed considerably, our commitment to the sector is stronger than ever.

Our specialist rural team provides legal services to private family farms, public companies, offshore clients, and other rural investment entities.  We provide comprehensive expertise to the agribusiness and corporate farming sector.

We work with clients involved in the full range of rural-based activities – from dairy farming to marine farming, cropping to horticulture, and irrigation companies to agricultural engineering businesses.

Several of these projects have been of a very substantial size, involving both commercial and political sensitivities.

We regularly advise on:
  • establishing joint venture and partnership structures
  • shareholders’ agreements & related constitution documents
  • governance and management structures
  • funding & security arrangements between shareholders and external lenders
  • employment and health & safety law
  • resource management and environmental issues
  • insurance
  • dispute resolution
We are a Farmlands key card partner. Learn more here.

Recent Projects

  • Working on a number of overseas investment office applications for the acquisition of sensitive land for kiwifruit orchards, apple orchards and dairy farms, along with exemption applications and variations to existing consents.
  • Acting on the acquisition of a number of dairy farms and orchards for an overseas investment fund.
  • Joint ventures in the agribusiness, mining and construction sectors.
  • Negotiating and drafting a complex manufacture and supply agreement for the provision of a continuous high quality flow of wool to a major garment manufacturer involving multiple processors located in several countries. Key elements included funding arrangements, retention of ownership and control of goods through the supply chain, and remedies for failures in supply and service.
  • Restructuring of commercial arrangements necessitated by the receivership of one of New Zealand largest corporate dairy farming operations.
  • The sale process of approximately $600 million of agribusiness assets.
  • Dissolution of a large farming partnership into separate trading entities.
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