Pidgeon Law

Joanna is a property law expert and is frequently asked to speak at conferences and seminars on all aspects of property law, as well as a member of Auckland and New Zealand Law Society Property Law Committees.

Pidgeon Law represents the full range of people involved in property from developers, investors, financiers, surveyors, property managers to residential property owners.

We have been involved in large residential, retail, commercial and industrial developments, as well as hotels, serviced apartments and conference centres. We can advise on all aspects from land acquisition, construction contracts, financing, development and subdivision, leasing, the on-sale, and property management and body corporate matters.

We represent overseas investors in New Zealand.

• Buying and selling property from residential to large commercial properties
• Property development
• Property Subdivision - including unit title, fee simple and leasehold
• Leasing - landlord and tenant
• Finance
• Contract negotiation and drafting
• Real estate sale and purchase
• Construction Law
• Structuring
• Property due diligence
• Overseas Investment
• Unit Title rules and management and administration
• Property management
 

Commercial

Our experience in business assists us in providing practical advice to business clients.

• Company formation and ongoing administration
• Business sale and purchases
• Company and other business structures such as partnerships
• Acting for franchisors and franchisees
• Contract negotiation and drafting
• Insolvency

Trusts and Asset Planning

We offer asset planning and structuring advice in the following areas:
• Trust formation and management
• General asset protection advice
• Wills
• Powers of Attorney
• Estates


We also provide advice and representation in the following Family Law areas

• Children
• Relationship Property
• Estates
• Protection of Personal Property Rights

 

Dispute Resolution

We provide advice and services in the following areas:

• mediation and arbitration
• litigation
• Vendor/ purchaser/ leasehold/property disputes
• Company litigation (including a specialist area of shareholders remedies/ director’s duties)
• Administrative Law (including judicial review, New Zealand Bill of rights issues)
• Not-for-profit (litigation and governance advice, including sports, church organisations and incorporated societies, )
• Urgent relief (injunctions/ freezing orders)
• Intellectual Property