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Dear customer,
Do you know an aspiring lawyer in year 13 or is there a local secondary school you’d like to support?
Entries are now open for the Smith and Partners Law Scholarship and this year we’ve added a People’s Choice Award and increased the prize pool to $4000. Like our Facebook page to keep up to date with the scholarship programme and the “What Makes West Auckland Great’ essays from our finalists. You are invited to vote for your favourite essay when finalists are announced in September. Applications close Monday 4 August 2014. For more information visit www.smithpartners.co.nz/lawscholarship.
As part of our commitment to supporting and growing West Auckland business and community, we’re proud to sponsor the Rosebank Road Business Association. We’d love to see you at one of their Breakfast Workshops, CEO Luncheons, or their regular networking events. The Rosebank Road area is an integral part of West Auckland with over 500 businesses of all shapes and sizes helping to drive growth and prosperity across the region.
We also sponsor Future Leaders of West Auckland for business and professionals aged 20-35 years. Their next meeting on Friday 25 July is free to attend. New members welcome – check out the Future Leaders page for more details.
Along with the five great articles included in this newsletter, our website now boasts over 100 practical guides to New Zealand law. Written by the lawyers here at Smith and Partners, these articles help you understand the kinds of legal issues that affect you, your family and your business.
Please feel free to forward this newsletter and share any of the articles with your friends and family – and as always we’d love to hear from you and answer any further questions this light reading may bring!
Kind regards,
Wade, Peter & Greg.
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BUSINESS LAW
By Peter Smith
Buying a business: Do you buy the assets or the shares?
As the economy picks up, we’re seeing more business owners looking to expand by acquiring competing or complementary businesses. An important part of the decision is WHAT to buy–the assets or the shares? Commercial Lawyer, Peter Smith outlines some of the issues involved and the risks and benefits of each option in ‘Buying a business: Do you buy the assets or the shares?...
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PROPERTY LAW
By Samantha Curtis
Considering buying commercial property?
Another consequence of the buoyant economy is we’re seeing clients motivated to invest in commercial property. Buying commercial property is a large investment and quite different from a residential purchase. Commercial property investment can involve significant risks which are discussed in this article by commercial property lawyer, Samantha Curtis: ‘Buying commercial property: 7 factors to consider’...
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