We have a long-standing reputation as legal experts in the rural sector – our rural lawyers provide top-class, efficient legal advice in farming, forestry, agribusiness and environmental law to clients across New Zealand.
Our knowledge and commitment to service has resulted in us acting for individuals, investors, career farmers, multi-generational farming operations and those in the forestry, horticulture and environmental fields .
As specialist farming solicitors we can manage the sales and purchase of farms and can offer advice at all stages from formation of the contract, ownership structure and financing to dealing with taxation, GST and any issues through to settlement.
Rural legal services:
- Succession planning
- Farm sales and purchases
- Borrowing and financing
- Leases
- Asset protection
- Sharemilking and employment agreements
- Forestry rights and the emissions trading scheme
- Environmental rights and responsibilities.