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  COMPETITION LAW & TRADE PRACTICES There are many obstacles to company growth, and one of them is navigating a path through the many different aspects of competition (or anti-trust) law. We understand that sound advice in this area goes far beyond simply applying the legislation and requires deep knowledge and experience. It means understanding and defining markets and market share, competitive influences and substitutability. Taking account of economic factors and advice especially relating to market power. Managing large volumes of electronic information and performing an outstanding job in Government inter-agency liaison and communication. Our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team has strong expertise and experience with major transactions where competition law is a factor and there is the potential to acquire substantial market power. We have undertaken cases in a wide variety of industries and sectors, including airports, financial institutions, automotive, electricity, retailing, travel and superannuation. We have sound working 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 further information please contact Brett Morley. Hesketh Henry offers multi-disciplinary legal services, co-ordinated to comprehensively address the legal needs of the construction sector. We offer expert, commercially oriented and practical advice and assistance in resource management and property development, tenders and contract documentation and a full range of dispute resolution services. Our objective is to provide optimum assistance that helps you to complete your project or transaction with the minimum of delay and cost, wherever possible. We act for developers of purpose built or converted apartment buildings, commercial office buildings, shopping centres and bulk retail developments, large town house developments and many other types of development projects. In the event of disputes, we provide comprehensive, practical and cost-effective advice, and offer a full range of dispute resolution options to best suit your needs, including litigation, arbitration, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution options. We can assist you with structuring your project, tendering, reviewing and vetting documentation and providing advice and assistance with respect to your financial requirements and tax liabilities. Our advice goes a long way towards a successful outcome. If you would like more information in this area please email your contact details and the nature of your inquiry to Brett Morley. Hesketh Henry has a specialist Employment Law team with substantial experience in all aspects of dispute resolution and litigation. Beyond an astute understanding and broad knowledge of the administration of the law in this sensitive area, there is a need to work well with the emotional dynamics of the relationship between employer and employee. The Employment Relations Act imposes obligations of fairness, equity and “good faith” on employers. Other legislation gives employees certain minimum entitlements. There are many elements and applications of employment law that go beyond the breakdown of working relationships, and we provide comprehensive support in dealing with these issues. Policy development, collective agreements, Kiwisaver implementation, superannuation, risk management, due diligence, and amalgamation of workforces as the result of a merger are among the services we regularly offer to employers in a wide variety of industries and sectors. Hesketh Henry has the resources and expertise to satisfy the demands of the largest clients. If you would like more information about our Employment Law services, please call Jim Roberts. We offer wide experience in dealing with all facets of the law relating to relationships and their breakdown. Our approach to the often emotionally laden problems arising from a relationship breakdown is to try and resolve the problems in an efficient, prompt and non-confrontational manner. When children are involved special care is needed to address the sometimes delicate issues of custody and access. We have significant experience in settlement negotiations and mediation and if necessary will resort to Court proceedings in either the Family Court or the High Court. We have extensive experience in the conduct of defended litigation. Our expertise extends to all issues relating to the settlement of estates and the disputes that sometimes arise, and to the management of affairs when someone is suffering incapacity and unable to do so for themselves. For help with any aspect of family law that is concerning you, please call Keith Willoughby. Some of the most complex litigation involves the resolution of disputes in the health and medico-legal sectors. To be successful requires an in-depth knowledge of an extensive range of legislation and often an extensive analysis and understanding of the implications and nuances of very specific and complex evidence. Litigation Partner Christina Bryant has extensive experience in this area having worked for a number of years for a leading UK specialist law firm acting for public hospitals and their insurer. In New Zealand Christina taken up a role on the Northern Regional Ethics Committee for Health and Disability Research, and is also a member of the Auckland Medico-Legal Society. If you would like more information in this area please email your contact details and the nature of your inquiry to Christina Bryant. When a business goes under there are bound to be casualties. Protecting and advancing the interests of the many stakeholders in any corporate insolvency requires prompt specialist advice. Hesketh Henry advises on all issues arising from business failure including advice on liquidations, receiverships, compromises, reconstructions and turnarounds, as well as directors' responsibilities and creditors' rights. Our expertise encompasses both the formal conduct of liquidations and receiverships, as well as strategic advice to the various parties. We act for a number of financial institutions and regularly advise on the enforcement of securities, as well as conducting legal proceedings to protect and advance our client's position. If you would like more information please email your contact details to Alan Sherlock. Hesketh Henry’s specialist insurance team offers clients a comprehensive range of services in insurance law. The team has a great deal of collective experience to draw on. We advise insurers on policy claims and regulatory issues. We advise policyholders with respect to particular claims and commercial clients generally on their need for insurance cover as part of a suite of sound risk management practices. In third party liability claims we frequently conduct the defence on behalf of both insurers and insured. We are experts in Directors & Officers Professional Indemnity insurance. We act for a range of clients including Lloyd’s syndicates, overseas and New Zealand based insurance companies and brokers as well as individuals, companies and associations. If you or your organisation have need of these services, please direct your enquiry to Alan Sherlock or Brett Morley. Hesketh Henry operates a specialist practise in the area of licensing and gaming law. Partner Patrick McPherson has undertaken a great deal of work for various operators in the gambling industry, and over time has become a leading specialist in this area. Patrick has provided opinions on the Gambling Act 2003 as well as strategic commercial advice to operator clients. In addition Patrick conducts numerous High Court proceedings regarding the application of this Act. Call Patrick McPherson if you require any assistance in this area. It's not necessarily pleasant, but situations can arise where your interests are threatened and you need to resolve a serious dispute, either by defending a legal claim or bringing one. These situations are often wrapped up in powerful personal dynamics. The quality of your legal relationship is of paramount importance. You need a lawyer - or legal team - that combines experience with astuteness, excellent advocacy skills and the expertise to develop the best possible strategies for success. At Hesketh Henry we make the effort to understand the underlying dynamics, provide you with support and fight vigorously in your corner. Our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team has won significant victories on behalf of our clients, and has vast collective experience in dispute resolution options including litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiation. We have the capacity and capability to undertake the largest litigations, and a track record of having done so. While there is no certain outcome to many legal disputes our lawyers' judgment has been finely honed through many assignments. Members of our team do not shy away from delivering a difficult message. If you are unlikely to succeed then we will tell you. Likewise we will recommend against settlement if we consider the proposed settlement terms unfavourable. If you need to bring or defend a legal claim, or are interested in exploring your options, please email your contact details and the nature of your inquiry to Jim Roberts, Alan Sherlock or Brett Morley. Hesketh Henry is proud of its expertise and record in all aspects of maritime and admiralty law, aviation law and the complex legal issues which often arise in the context of international sales and financing. We act for national and international transport insurers and also for ship owners and operators, charterers of vessels, P & I Clubs, freight forwarders, marine insurance brokers and buyers and sellers of goods under international sale agreements. We have a sound network of international firms, which enables us to pursue claims in many foreign jurisdictions, and similarly we are often instructed by offshore firms to both prosecute and defend claims before New Zealand courts. If you would like more information in this area please email your contact details and the nature of your inquiry to Alan Sherlock. They can cost a lot of money, take a lot of time and can be arduous and difficult to solve. Property disputes are arguably amongst the most vexatious of all litigations for the people concerned. Resolving such disputes requires excellent legal advice and legal advisors who have wide expertise embracing such diverse areas as company law, resource management, local authority rules and dynamics, and the engineering complexities of building systems and materials. An ability to relate to people and to understand the emotional dynamics and turmoil inherent in such disputes is an essential attribute. Our Litigation and Disputes Resolution Team has advised numerous diverse clients in many property disputes, including leaky homes claims. We adopt the approach that negotiation is an important first step in the resolution of such disputes. If you have a property dispute or a potential problem and would like to talk to someone about it, please call Christina Bryant. TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW Hesketh Henry offers corporate clients an outstanding range of capabilities in the interconnection, contractual and commercial issues relating to telecommunications. This area requires not only sound and in-depth knowledge of the law, it also requires strong knowledge of technological developments and the practical issues which can have so much impact on telecommunications companies. 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 advised e-telco on interconnection issues. advised e-telco on spectrum auction procedural and competition law issues. advised Amalgamated Telecom Holdings (Fiji) in relation to its IPO, equipmentsupplier contract and other industry specific issues.If you would like more information in this area please email your contact details and the nature of your inquiry to Brett Morley. |
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