
Our recent projects include:
Commercial
North Auckland and Northland electricity grid upgrade
Advising Transpower New Zealand Limited in respect of the agreement with Vector Limited for the new electricity cable-circuit between Penrose and Albany
Public-private partnership
Advising the South Island’s largest iwi, Ngāi Tahu, on its current public-private partnership with the Christchurch City Council for the development and construction of the new Christchurch Civic Chambers
Transmission grid upgrades
Advising Transpower New Zealand Limited in respect of land rights, property acquisitions and other issues around upgrades to the National Grid
Ngāi Tahu and Lincoln University joint venture
Acting for Ngāi Tahu on its joint venture with Lincoln University for the subdivision and development of 117 hectares of land in Lincoln
Share acquisition Oakland Health
Acting for the Ultimate Care Group in its share acquisition of Oakland Health
Health provider joint venture
Acting on a public-private joint venture between a health provider and local trust to provide a health facility
Commercial Property
New Government entity head office
Acting for the Crown on the development and design-build of a major new Government entity head office
Waterfront Development
Providing ongoing advice to Wellington Waterfront, a Council-controlled organisation, on the development of Wellington's waterfront
Sustainable urban development
Providing ongoing advice to Housing New Zealand in relation to the sustainable urban development at Hobsonville
Retirement villages
Providing ownership and development documentation on a large retirement village proposal
New Supreme Court construction
Advising the Ministry of Justice on the construction of the new Supreme Court building
Retail acquisition and development
Advising Harvey Norman on all property-related aspects of its New Zealand retail stores acquisition, development and leasing programme
Environmentally sustainable head office
Advising Meridian Energy on all legal aspects of the construction and lease of its new corporate head office on the Wellington waterfront, which is one of New Zealand’s most sophisticated ‘environmentally sustainable’ buildings
Public Advisory
Treaty settlements
Advising the Crown on a number of Treaty settlements including most recently, the Waikato River settlement and the ‘Treelords’ settlement
Aquaculture settlement
Advising the Ministry of Fisheries on the settlement of Crown obligations in relation to aquaculture activities
Unit titles reform
Key advisors to the Unit Titles Act reform process
New Zealand Cycleway Project
Advising the Ministry of Tourism on the New Zealand Cycle Trail, Nga Haerenga, in relation to all commercial, process and land access issues
Ministry of Fisheries commercial requirements
Appointed as exclusive external commercial law advisors to the Ministry of Fisheries
Banking and Finance
Financing sale and leaseback
Acting for a major New Zealand bank on the financing of a significant sale and leaseback transaction
Financing high-rise office building
Advising a major New Zealand bank on the financing of Wellington’s newest high-rise office building