Making a success of property ventures

Our property team advises on all aspects of property and construction law.  We draft a wide range of property agreements, leases, easements, covenants and other property documentation.  We focus on plain English drafting and providing value for money in our property services.

Our construction team is actively involved in a range of construction projects involving major civil works, construction of power stations and procurement of long-term maintenance agreements.  We are experts on state sector procurement requirements and used to working with a range of forms of construction contract documents.

Clients and services

Our clients include listed and private companies, multinationals, local and central government bodies, financiers, educational institutes, crown-owned entities, developers and investors.  Our property and construction team includes experts in real estate and resource management.  With this breadth and depth of expertise we are able to offer clients a comprehensive approach to their property and construction requirements.

Buddle Findlay’s property and construction team can assist you with:

  • Negotiation and documentation of sale, purchase and lease-back arrangements
  • Joint venture and development agreements
  • Residential and commercial subdivisions
  • Building and construction
  • Infrastructure
  • Property financing
  • Disputes.

Recent work

  • Undertaking significant property work in the state sector including for Treasury, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Conservation, Department of Building and Housing, National Library, Archives New Zealand, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Economic Development, Landcorp Farming, Airways Corporation of New Zealand, various District Health Boards and Massey University
  • Advising Landcorp Farming (owner of over 100 farms in New Zealand) on numerous acquisitions, disposals, subdivisions, leasing, tenders and farming related agreements
  • Acting for Wellington International Airport and Christchurch International Airport, in commercial and land-related transactions ranging from Public Works Act offer back issues, airport terminal building development and commercial tendering, leasing and contract negotiations
  • Acting for Air New Zealand on its new office premises in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour, being the largest single leasing of commercial office space in Auckland’s CBD
  • Acting for Manson Developments in the preparation of its design, build and lease precedent system for the Lumley Tower
  • Advising Ministry of Justice on the Vogel development and procured the consents for the new Supreme Court project
  • Acting for AMP NZ Office on office towers in Auckland and Wellington
  • Acting for National Bank Centre Joint Venture (Kiwi Income Property Trust and Capital Properties) on all leasing matters
  • Advising Bowen Hospital and Hutt Valley District Health Board on tender and construction contracts for extension of hospital buildings
  • Advising Ministry of Justice on the NZ$55m development of Vogel Campus in Wellington

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