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  ADVERTISING AND CONSUMER LAW Such is Hesketh Henry’s expertise that our Managing Partner, Erich Bachmann, is the current President of the Asia Pacific region of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) and is on the worldwide Executive Committee. GALA is a worldwide association of lawyers who specialise in advertising, marketing and promotions law. We’ve advised clients on advertising and promotional campaigns, New Zealand's Advertising Codes of Practice, the Fair Trading Act 1986, Privacy Law issues, Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 and Commerce Act 1986 in relation to product standards, product recalls and price fixing. We’re also experts on local and international prize competitions and sales promotions using traditional and electronics means, and whether such competitions raise any issues under the Gambling Act 2003. For more information contact Erich Bachmann. Our team has extensive experience in corporate financing, loan portfolio acquisitions, project financing, equipment financing, consumer credit lending, trade finance and factoring programmes, mezzanine funding, document drafting and lending and compliance programme procedures. We advise banks, other financial institutions and corporate borrowers on all aspects of banking and financial services law. We also have significant expertise in the new personal property securities and consumer credit regimes. For more information contact John Kirkwood. We advise on the full range of commercial and company law issues, including:  Competition law and mergers and acquisitions.Supply, distribution, IT and general commercial contracts and terms and conditions of trade.Company amalgamations, takeovers, joint ventures, insolvency and liquidations.Corporate governance, directors duties, conflicts of interest and board policies.Company and securities compliance.Setting up companies and advising on company constitutions and shareholder structures.Raising capital, initial public offerings and listing on the NZX or NZAX.Consumer Law - Fair Trading Act and Consumer Guarantees Act obligations.For more information contact Erich Bachmann, Frank Chan, Geoff Hosking, Sarah Kerr, John Kirkwood, Sean Lynch or John Stewart. Sound advice on competition (or anti-trust) law requires expertise across a broad range of business practises, industry regulation and Government legislation. Hesketh Henry understands the legislative and economic issues affecting business in New Zealand as well as particular industry sectors such as retailing, travel, life insurance and superannuation and other financial services or organisations. We’ve built strong relationships with eminent New Zealand economists and experts who are able to assist with analysis of market evidence in competition and anti-trust issues arising in New Zealand and trans-Tasman markets. For more information contact Geoff Hosking or Frank Chan. Corporate governance is as relevant to a growing small-medium sized business as it is to a listed company. Hesketh Henry has advised listed companies, various boards and individuals, made submissions and advised clients on their submissions to both the New Zealand Exchange and the Securities Commission's corporate governance reviews. Drawing on our experience working with listed companies and our knowledge of international practices and regulation, we can help you determine what is best practice for your company. We understand that business people demand practical answers from an ever increasing number of rules, regulations and principles. For more information contact Frank Chan, Erich Bachmann or Sarah Kerr. If you’re considering investing in New Zealand property or a business, you need local knowledge you can trust. Hesketh Henry can help you set up a company, buy a company or business and advise on related matters. Our specialists have considerable experience in making successful applications to the Overseas Investment Office for approval of investment proposals on behalf of foreign investors. We have an excellent reputation as a result of our experience in a large number of complex and significant transactions involving prominent multi national corporations, New Zealand companies and investors from Europe, North America and Asia. For more information contact Erich Bachmann, Geoff Hosking or Sarah Kerr. Our Insurance expertise includes all aspects of life insurance, superannuation and associated financial services including legislative compliance, policy documentation and other legal requirements. Hesketh Henry has acted for one of New Zealand's largest financial services companies from its inception including its listing on the NZX and subsequent takeover and delisting. We can call on internal litigation and dispute resolution expertise in each of these areas as required. For more information contact Erich Bachmann. Hesketh Henry's intellectual property team acts for a wide range of clients from small start-up companies to blue chip organisations. We regularly advise clients on all aspects of intellectual property law, both transactional and contentious. Our IT / E-Commerce team has in-depth experience and knowledge of all aspects of information technology law. Our team acts for a variety of companies from major multi-national corporations to small start-up businesses, and advises both purchasers and suppliers of technology and E-Commerce “solutions”. One of our partners, Sean Lynch, is also a certified IT project manager and has gained legal and project management experience working with several FTSE 100 companies in the UK. He has an excellent understanding of project management methodologies and the risks associated with project based contracts, whether they are fixed price or otherwise. We also act for one of the largest multinational telecommunication companies in New Zealand and several senior staff have worked on large IT outsourcing contracts. For more information contact Sean Lynch, Frank Chan or Geoff Hosking. Mergers and acquisitions is a core practice area for the corporate and commercial team at Hesketh Henry. Our clients include multinational corporations, New Zealand corporates and foreign investors. We have acted in some of New Zealand's largest M&A transactions in market sectors including insurance, forestry, telecommunications, travel, transport, financial services and retail. Our services include pre-sale/pre-purchase due diligence, data room capability, restructuring, drafting and negotiating acquisition agreements and financing arrangements, obtaining regulatory approval or clearances and all other associated matters. For more information contact Erich Bachmann, Frank Chan, Bryce Davey, John Kirkwood, Sarah Kerr, Geoff Hosking or John Stewart. We advise private equity funds, financiers and management on leveraged buy outs, management buy outs and venture capital investments. We can assist you with structuring deals, undertaking due diligence, negotiating and drafting acquisition and financing agreements and obtaining Overseas Investment Office approval. In addition, we utilise our full service resources to add value to investee companies by providing focused legal advice in other core areas, such as employment, commercial property and litigation. For more contact Bryce Davey, Geoff Hosking or Sarah Kerr. Hesketh Henry has a number of securities law experts that can assist you with raising funds. Our lawyers have a wealth of experience advising enterprises which have grown and developed into fully fledged listed companies like Sovereign and The Warehouse in New Zealand and Amalgamated Telecom Holdings in Fiji. We understand the success of your capital raising is getting the right combination of marketing and legal compliance. Hesketh Henry is an approved NZX Sponsor, qualifying us to advise and guide companies through to a successful listing on the NZX's AX market. We know the market and the players, including the regulators. We have a track record that shows our commitment to helping small-to-medium size enterprises (SMEs) to market and eventually initial public offering and listing. Our experience in this area includes NZAX listings, advising on
private placements, rights issues for listed issuers and cross border
offer compliance issues. Hesketh Henry draws on our telecommunications experience working with telecommunication companies and ISPs on interconnection, Internet, spectrum auction procedural and competition law issues and contractual and commercial issues. We can help you with: competition law issues.contracts with telecommunication service providers and customers.interconnection agreements with network operators.commercial and corporate issues.Our track record includes acting for a large multinational mobile telephony company. For more information contact Sean Lynch. |
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