Legal services
Practical, tikanga-aligned legal advice for businesses, trusts and Māori entities across Aotearoa, from commercial, property and governance work to Crown-facing matters.
For businesses
Commercial advice with a tikanga-grounded understanding of Māori enterprise.
Business structuring and asset protection
Companies, partnerships, trusts and limited partnerships, and keeping personal and business assets separate.
Commercial contracts
Sale and purchase agreements, supply and service contracts, terms of trade and commercial leases.
Commercial property and conveyancing
Buying, selling and leasing commercial property, and conveyancing for businesses, trusts and entities.
Governance, joint ventures and partnerships
Shareholder and partnership agreements, governance frameworks and succession planning.
Tax and compliance
Tax-efficient structuring, GST, income tax and PAYE, and charitable status, working alongside your accountant.
Intellectual property and access and benefit sharing
Trade marks, cultural IP protection, and agreements involving mātauranga Māori.
Employment and disputes
Employment agreements and policies, mediation, litigation and debt recovery.
For organisations, trusts, PSGEs and other entities
Legal support for trusts, iwi entities and post-settlement governance entities.
Entity establishment and review
Māori land trusts, family trusts, incorporated societies, limited partnerships and companies.
Post-settlement governance entities
Structures, constitutions, governance frameworks, subsidiaries and trust deed review.
Crown–Māori relations
Treaty settlement implementation, submissions, Public Works Act matters and Crown partnership forums.
Māori land and resources
Māori Land Court applications, papakāinga, leases, easements and resource management advice.
Access and benefit sharing and cultural IP
Agreements for genetic resources and mātauranga Māori, and cultural IP protection.
Governance and compliance
Trustee and board support, risk, reporting and audit obligations, and dispute resolution.
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