Selling a Business? – Asset vs Share Sales Explained

September 2022

Dan Chisholm

If your company is looking to sell its business, is it best to sell the assets or the shares? What’s the difference between these two methods and what are the pros and cons of each? Asset Sale An asset sale is the sale of part or all of the ... Read more

Business Succession Planning

December 2019

Kent Yeoman

We are in the midst of the retirement of a huge number of the baby boomer generation, many of whom are business owners and may not have planned for the future. The lack of a formal succession or exit plan can have serious consequences for the ... Read more

Commercial Leases in Canterbury – far from ‘Standard’

June 2019

Sarah Hartley

The post-earthquake property shortage affected not only residential property, but commercial as well.  The reduction of available space and amount of tenants needing to relocate found tenants pressured to sign up to a lease with little ability to ... Read more

Constitutions for Small Businesses

September 2018

Hamish Douch

In today’s business environment, the main form of trading entity for a small business is a limited liability company. There are numerous advantages of doing business through a limited liability company. For example, a company is a separate legal ... Read more