Lyon O'Neale Arnold

Our Services

We offer a wide range of legal assistance in the field of business and commercial law including:

• Business sales
• Business purchases and the associated due diligence investigations
• Advice on business structures
• Leases
• Shareholders agreements and company constitutions
• Employment and contractor agreements
• Personal grievance advocacy
• Franchises
• Joint venture and partnership agreements
• Incorporated societies, charitable trusts and other organisations

We can also give advice and assistance regarding the operational aspects of your business, including:

• Legislation compliance with, for example, the Companies Act, Consumer Guarantees Act, Fair Trading Act, Resource Management Act, Building Act and Construction Contracts Act
• Income tax and GST issues, insurance and general business risks
• Establishing terms of trade and company policies
• Trademark, copyright and intellectual property issues
• Contracts for the supply or acquisition of goods or services
• Debt collection and alternative dispute resolution processes
• Employment law advice on health and safety issues, redundancy and restructuring, and workplace policies and guidelines
• Workplace issues

Our Services

We can help you with the following property law matters:

• Sale and purchase of residential, commercial and rural property
• Kiwisaver and HomeStart grant applications
• Development of property portfolios, including strategic property advice
• Subdivisions and boundary adjustments
• Refinancing
• Build contracts
• Advice on ownership structures
• Property sharing/ownership agreements
• Commercial leases
• Registration of easements, land covenants, mortgages and caveats

Our Services

We can help you with the following trust and succession planning matters:

• Settlement and resettlement of family trusts
• Assistance with personal asset planning, including the creation of discretionary trusts, special trusts and trading trusts
• Advice in asset risk management, succession planning, asset transfer and restructuring of trusts/companies/partnerships
• Preparation of enduring powers of attorney, general powers of attorney and delegated authority
• Advice to trustees on their duties and responsibilities
• Advice on general tax planning
• General trust matters
• Appointment and removal of trustees