Profile
The Commercial Business team is responsible for providing effective legal representation across the wider commercial environment for businesses large and small. The mission of the team is to foster business growth within our local community by providing legal solutions based on the specific needs of local business owners.
We’re skilled experts in guiding people through the many challenges of the entire business life-cycle, we take a great deal of pride in watching new ventures grow into thriving business operations, and knowing that we have played our role in the client’s success.
Maintaining close client relationships, right through all stages of growth, is important to us, and we are always on hand to offer the right advice and solutions to any legal need that is encountered.
The Business of Law
At Norris Ward McKinnon we are strategically positioned to support the needs and ongoing growth of our clients, our people work together to ensure that every client of the firm can benefit from our collective knowledge and experience. Our multidisciplinary approach spans numerous and diverse practise areas, all positioned to support our clients and provide seamless collaboration across teams and disciplines. 
Services
The Commercial Business team offers an extensive range of services designed to provide tailored legal solutions to clients within the broad spectrum of business. The key services offered by our team are:
* General advice on business transactions;
* Commercial property and farm transactions;
* Governance and shareholder issues;
* Financing;
* Leases;
* Business structure;
* Sales, acquisitions and mergers;
* Setting up of a new company;
* Closure of a business;
For more information on any of the above services, or advice on any aspect of business law, please contact us by telephone, fax, our contact form or email us at business@nwm.co.nz today.
The Team
The Commercial Business team is lead by Partner Paul Barris, and is made up of Solicitors and support staff; all of whom are experienced legal professionals who have honed their expertise through a wide range of industries within the commercial business environment.
The Commercial Business team has been brought together according to the skill and specialty expertise of the members. This enables us to better provide service to our clients by producing work of the finest possible quality with faster turnaround time. The team works together to ensure that the clients of any one member of the team will benefit from the collective knowledge and experience of the team as a whole.
Commercial Business Team Members
Paul Barris, Partner, Team Leader
Melissa Campbell, Associate
Glenda Graham, Solicitor
Carla Rule, Legal Executive
The Commercial Business Team is led by Partner Paul Barris.
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