Mahony Horner Lawyers

om Mahony leads our Team of lawyers who can provide expert advice regarding your business within the Wellington Region. We help out in areas from Buying and selling businesses, Terms and conditions to Insolvency advice.

• Buying and selling businesses
• Business structuring advice, including shareholders agreements
• Buying, selling and leasing commercial premises
• Terms and conditions for your business
• Risk management for your business, including advice on health and safety
• Employment advice and agreements for your business
• Protecting the intellectual property for your business
• Insolvency advice

Elspeth Horner leads the Litigation team – she has acted on civil litigation disputes her whole career and with the Mahony Horner Lawyers team provides strong representation for clients engaged in a dispute.

• Business disputes
• Estate disputes
• Property disputes
• Construction disputes
• Insolvency disputes
• Enforcement actions, including debt recovery

We act for insurers and provide advice regarding all aspects of insurance law, including acting on disputed claims, regulatory and compliance advice, together with Policy wording review and advice.

• Policy response advice
• Acting for insureds by appointment from insurer
• Reviewing and writing policy wording
• Providing regulatory and compliance advice to insurers
• Provide advice regarding scope of insurance cover for businesses

Our Employment lawyers are true specialists in this area of law.  We have experience acting for a wide range of employer clients from both the public and private sectors, and for individual employees.

Our employment team is led by Chris Scarrott who joined us from Cullen - The Employment Law Firm.  Chris has a reputation for excellence in all aspects of employment law.

• Employment Relationship Problems
• Managing performance - Performance Improvement Plans and Performance Management Issues
• Individual/Collective Employment Agreements and Contractor Agreements
• Collective Bargaining and Industrial Action
• Investigations
• Restructuring and Redundancy - the Change Process
• Employment Law Compliance
• HR audits
• Bullying and Harassment
• Health and Safety in the Workplace

We provide expert advice regarding all aspects of property law, both residential and commercial. Should you have a property related dispute then our Litigation team are able to act for you.

We also have a deep knowledge of the Construction industry, both in the commercial and residential sectors.  We can provide pro-active advice regarding the terms of proposed construction contracts, and for individuals looking to build we can review a builder's contract and guide you through the build process.

• Residential conveyancing
• Commercial conveyancing
• Commercial leasing
• Loan refinancing
• Retirement village sales and purchase
• Subdivisions
• Joint property ventures
• Development agreements
• Company share apartments and commercial units
• Unit Title advice, including for Body Corporate managers
• Property – related dispute resolution
• Review of construction contracts for the building of a new home
• Review and advise on commercial construction contracts
• Review and advise on residential build agreements
• Provide advice on construction related insurance matters