09.03.2015

Getting the Deal Through: Construction

Helen Macfarlane, together with Christina Bryant, Nick Gillies and Michael O’Brien are the authors of the New Zealand chapter of the 2015 edition of Getting the Deal Through: Construction”. Getting the Deal Through works with many of the best lawyers and law firms in the world to bring together a unique legal information resource, written by experts on each subject area, in every significant jurisdiction.

Link reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through: Construction 2015, (chapter published online in March 2015; contributing editor: Robert S Peckar, Peckar & Abramson, PC) For further information please visit www.gettingthedealthrough.com.

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