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Commercial Law

Our office acts for a broad range of private and corporate clients in a myriad of different areas. We aim to provide personal, practical advice at a reasonable cost.

Four Rice Craig partners; Gary Craig, Tom Parker, John Sieprath and Scott Hunter provide specialist advice in this area.

They are backed by Consultant Stephen Temm, Solicitor Philip Norton, Legal Executive Lee Cochrane and qualified Legal Executives Allison Crann, Paulette Hazell, Robyn Dickie, Catherine Stokes, and Robyn Hooper together with a number of Legal Secretaries.

The areas we can help you with include:

Business Acquisitions and sales
Commercial Leases
Company Formations
Distribution Agreements
Franchising
Lease Disputes
Restructuring of ownership
Sale of Shares
Shareholders' Agreements
Shareholder Disputes

For more information, please contact one of our Commercial Law Specialists:

Gary Craig

Gary is a senior partner at Rice Craig. He has had an active involvement in community and Law Society matters... More»»

Tom Nelson-Parker

Tom holds a degree in law from Canterbury University and was admitted to the bar in Christchurch in 1975... More»»

John Sieprath

John gained his law degree from Auckland University and was admitted to the bar in 1979. He later completed... More»»

Scott Hunter

Scott graduated from Auckland University with an honours degree in law and has been in practice for over 14 years... More»»

Stephen Temm

Stephen joined Rice Craig in August 2008. Outside of his family and his work, he has been actively involved in sports... More»»

Philip Norton

Philip started with Rice Craig in 2005 and holds a degree in law together with a Bachelor of Management Studies from the University of Waikato.... More»»

Lee Cochrane

Lee started with Rice Craig in 1990. He has now rejoined the firm in May 2009 after gaining further experience working for a city law firm... More»»

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