Asco Legal

Commercial and Business Services

​ASCO Legal has a team of professional commercial lawyers with an array of corporate, commercial, cross-border and business expertise. As commercial lawyers in Auckland we will be able to assist with your specialised corporate, business and commercial needs while navigating you through the applicable regulatory framework. Our aim is to offer expedient legal services, in an understandable and efficient manner and to help get the deal done. 
 
We have a number of long-standing commercial clients and we will endeavour to be of assistance to you and your business with all your legal needs. We value our clients and their time, it is our aim as a commercial law firm to understand your business and your needs in order to provide timely, practical and affordable legal services. 

We also understand the world of commercial property law. As commercial property lawyers in Auckland we have a keen interest and eye for favourable leases, no matter how longwinded they are, and can assist you to understand what is possible and get great terms that will work for you and your business.

If you're looking for a commercial business lawyer in NZ who really understands commercial business, please get in touch.

ASCO Legal’s Service Offering:
Our experience and expertise includes:

• Business and company purchases - sales and mergers (see our Business sale & Purchase page)
• Company formation & restructuring including adoption of constitutions, drafting resolutions, advising on corporate compliance, preparation of company registers, sale of shares, amalgamations, look-through companies, liquidations
• Joint venture, shareholders' agreements and special partnerships
• Establishing and expanding business operations to New Zealand
• Franchising (see our Franchising page)
• Commercial Property - Sale, purchase, financing, developing and leasing (see our Conveyancing & Property page);
• Employment - Including personnel agreements and policies, structuring, restraints, advice, employee share schemes including share option schemes, and disputes, assisting with NZ sick leave entitlements;
• Company and asset protection structures to help protect your investments;
• Consumer protection compliance including the NZ Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 obligations and entitlements
• Advising on corporate and regulatory compliance in various sectors including general corporate advice, AML/CFT compliance, FSP and other commercial offerings
• Advising directors and boards in respect of their legal obligations, duties and risks
• Drafting and reviewing of commercial documentation and agreements including; distribution, manufacturing and supply agreements, customer/credit application forms and terms of trade
• Drafting & reviewing financing and security documentation
• Intellectual property protection - including brand names, trademarks, copyright and trade secrets;
• Other corporations and structures including partnerships, associations, charitable incorporated societies, and trust establishment and administration (see our Asset Protection & Estate Planning page)

Property Conveyancing Auckland

We specialise in all aspects of property law and conveyancing and will be able to assist you with your residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural property needs as well as all aspects of security, mortgage. Because Auckland is where we are, naturally most of our property conveyancing is based in or around the Auckland area and property conveyancing Auckland is therefore where we are most familiar... however, we are more than happy and comfortable to assist you with property conveyancing nationwide.

Whether its advice on a property you’re looking to lease, purchase or sell, or advice or assistance in respect of creating, enforcing or extinguishing rights (registered or unregistered) attaching to property such as easements, caveats, freehold covenants, rights of way we’re here to guide you through it.
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We also assist with property ownership agreements, retirement village agreements, construction agreements, neighbour law, wrongly placed structures, landlocked land.

If you're looking for an East Auckland conveyancing lawyer, look no further...

ASCO Legal’s Service Offering:
Our experience and expertise includes:

• Reviewing and arranging appropriate variations to Agency Listing Authorities
• Negotiating and drafting special terms and conditions in relation to the purchase and sale of a property
• Acting for the purchaser or the vendor in respect of the sale and purchase of commercial or residential property (including structuring as an estate in fee simple, unit titles, joint tenants, tenants in common, cross-leases, life and other limited freehold estates)
• Subdivisions
• Securities advice including mortgage arrangement and protection
• Negotiating and drafting leases
• Advising on construction contracts, building contracts and retirement village agreements
• Advising on property rights
• OIO applications and advice
• Co-ownership of land and drafting and negotiating Property Sharing Agreements and relationship Contracting Out Agreements
• Conducting transfers by survivorship
• Advising on residential tenancies, tenants’ fixtures and disputes (per the Residential Tenancies Act 1986)

A Fresh Approach to Legal Services

At ASCO Legal we have a fresh perspective on the practice of law, a client-centered one. We understand that serving the legal needs our clients have entrusted to us, is our core purpose.

​​We've got the tools and we listen to what our clients need. We give considered advice to help our clients to make informed decisions and then help to implement them in a pragmatic and efficient manner. These are the reasons we enjoy long standing relationships with our clients.