Examine the Key Legal Considerations for rural and agribusiness matters. Explore the essentials of rural property transactions including the key considerations for buying, selling and leasing contracts and the tax implications. Develop a deeper understanding of compliance with water rights, land use and environmental regulations. Take a dive into employment law considerations in the agribusiness sector to ensure your clients are compliant. Analyse recent case law developments and gain practical insights.

Presenters

David Allen, Partner, Buddle Findlay
David Allen is a leading environmental lawyer.  He works predominantly in large infrastructure projects and planning processes across New Zealand but has considerable experience in freshwater planning as well as advising large agricultural clients on planning and consenting matters.  David is a teacher of the MfE 'Making Good Decisions' course required for all RMA decision makers.  He is also an accredited and experienced hearings chair.


Robbie Bryant, Senior Associate, Todd & Walker Law
Robbie leads Todd & Walker Law’s employment law team. He advises clients (employers and employees) throughout New Zealand on all contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Robbie has represented clients in all the employment institutions, as well as the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Prior to joining Todd & Walker Law, Robbie was an employed barrister specialising in employment law and then worked for a boutique employment law firm – both in Auckland.


Rosie Hill, Principal, Todd & Walker
Rosie has extensive experience in resource management, environmental, and local government law. Rosie works with a breadth of clients, from developers and landowners to NGOs, iwi, and farming clients. She is an experienced advocate, having regularly appeared in mediations, Council and Environment Court hearings on many aspects of resource management and environmental law including plan changes, consenting, property subdivision and development, tourism, and freshwater issues. Previous to practicing law in Queenstown, Rosie worked as an in-house solicitor at the Ministry for the Environment in Wellington, where she advised on reforms to the Resource Management Act and other key pieces of environmental legislation, judicial review, and development of national direction and policy.


Mark Dineen, Partner, Anthony Harper
Mark brings a unique blend of legal expertise in agribusinesses of all sizes, and an approach grounded in 16 years' experience as a stock agent. Mark is pragmatic, collaborative and flexible, a style honed over years of coming to know the sector and its people. His passion for agribusiness, insights into what goes on behind the farm gate and ongoing connections within the sector mean his clients get advice that is grounded in the real world. He understands the issues that those in agribusiness grapple with every day – as well as the many opportunities on offer. Mark prides himself on being accessible, providing ‘solid, pragmatic solutions’, and bringing clients a specialist industry lens as well as a broad full-service offering. “People come for legal advice, but what they are really here for is solutions to problems,” Mark says. “We provide manageable solutions, and understand that although agribusiness is a business, some issues are sensitive and some are intensely private. We see the people behind the transactions.”