Whether you are advising on buy-side or sell side develop your skills through this essential guide to navigating the complexities of sale transaction due diligence, managing intellectual property rights before, during and after completion, dealing with employment obligations and structuring upon sale, and how to avoid disputes and achieve a positive resolution if one arises. Join leading legal experts as they share with you their practical insights and strategies to help you achieve smooth, successful business sale transactions.

Presenters

Kate Telford, Partner, Hesketh Henry
Prior to joining Hesketh Henry, Kate practised in large law firms in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Kate’s principal area of practice is general corporate and commercial law. Kate regularly advises clients on a range of commercial agreements including joint venture and shareholder agreements, manufacturing agreements, distribution agreements, sponsorship agreements and terms of trade. She also assists corporate clients in relation to compliance with a wide range of legislative matters, including the Companies Act 1993, Fair Trading Act 1986, Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, Takeovers Code 1993 and Overseas Investment Act 2005. In addition, Kate has extensive experience advising clients in relation to acquiring, disposing of and investing in businesses. Kate has been a recommended lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Directory for the last seven years (2016 to 2022) and has been noted as being an “M&A specialist” and “sought after for commercial law”. Kate is a director of Project Employ Limited, a charitable company that helps young people with disabilities learn the skills they need to gain meaningful employment in the community. Hesketh Henry provides pro bono legal assistance to Project Employ.

Bridget Perkins, Solicitor, Hesketh Henry
Bridget is a solicitor in the Employment Law Team, assisting across a broad range of employment-related matters. She brings a clear and considered approach to her work, with a particular interest in privacy, health and safety and human rights issues in the workplace. Bridget works closely with clients to understand the context of each matter and contributes to practical, well-reasoned outcomes.

Juliet Short, Partner, Duncan Cotterill
Juliet specialises in corporate and commercial law, advising on business establishments and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and the drafting and negotiating of commercial contracts. She has extensive experience both in private practice and in-house across a range of industries including insurance, primary industries, technology, and manufacturing. With experience working in-house on secondment in the insurance and primary industries sectors, you will benefit from Juliet’s practical and commercially-focused advice.


Anton Blijlevens, Principal, AJ Park Law Limited
Anton joined AJ Park in 1994 after graduating from the University of Canterbury with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He gained his law degree from The University of Auckland in 2004. Experienced in IP protection strategies and conducting IP audits for mechanical and manufacturing technology firms, Anton has a track record of helping exporters be successful locally and internationally. As head of AJ Park‚ specialist China team, Anton provides IP strategy advice to Australian and New Zealand companies looking to do business in or with China. His clients come from diverse industries such as packaging, marine engineering, aviation, agritech, and heavy engineering. Anton has received many industry awards including a listing as one of New Zealand‚ top legal practitioners in the field of patents in the 2017 Expert Guides. He was also listed as one of the world‚ leading patent professionals in the 2016 IAM Patent 1000 index.


Jodi Sharman, Partner, Hesketh Henry
Jodi is a Partner in the Employment Law team at Hesketh Henry and has been practicing employment law for nearly two decades. Jodi has considerable experience in working with employees, employers and unions on a wide range of employment law matters and litigation issues. Jodi has appeared in the Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court, District Court and High Court, and frequently represents clients in negotiations and mediations. Jodi is a member of The Law Association of New Zealand, and its Employment Law Committee. Her expertise in the employment law sector has been recognised by the major legal directories, including Chambers Asia-Pacific. Jodi enjoys the people factor in employment law and being involved in the employment law issues facing clients who operate in different industries and professions. Jodi brings a pragmatic approach to legal issues with a focus on client communication and delivering practical and commercial outcomes.

Alex Church, Senior Associate, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Alex specialises in litigation and dispute resolution with a focus on complex, commercial disputes. He combines a pragmatic approach with strong technical and strategic analysis. Alex is an expert at resolving complex contractual interpretation and breach of contract claims. He also has experience in matters involving fraudulent or misleading behaviour both within and between organisations. He has acted for financial institutions, professional services firms, and not-for-profit organisations in internal and external investigations and contentious regulatory matters. As a general commercial litigator, Alex represents clients from a wide range of sectors. He has extensive experience of acting for clients in the banking and financial services sector.

Jessica Bremner, Senior Associate, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Jess is an experienced corporate lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions, minority and growth capital investments, joint ventures, carve-outs, private equity, corporate restructuring projects and corporate advisory. Jess has worked on a broad range of M&A transactions across a variety of sectors. Her clients range from individuals and founder operator businesses to private equity firms and large corporates both in New Zealand and overseas. She has extensive expertise across the full life cycle of a transaction and her ability to anticipate challenges, provide actionable solutions and work collaboratively means she quickly develops close working relationships with clients to facilitate successful deals. Prior to returning to MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Jess worked in the corporate private equity and financial sponsors team at 'Magic Circle' law firm Linklaters in London where she advised on a number of high-profile, multi-national transactions, predominantly in the digital infrastructure and tech sectors.