We have significant experience in the complex area of Charities and Not-for-Profit law. We advise Charitable Trusts, Incorporated Societies, Associations, Charitable Companies, Social Enterprises, Industrial & Provident Societies and other non-profit bodies. Our clients include small, medium, and large not-for-profit organizations nationwide.
Our not-for-profit work involves incorporation and constitutional advice including governance and administrative matters, advising boards on regulatory compliance issues and updating their constitutional documents to meet statutory requirements.
We deal with contractual issues and assist not-for-profit clients with mergers, acquisitions and amalgamations. We also act on joint ventures, collaborative arrangements mergers, acquisitions and amalgamations involving not-for-profit organisations. Our experience includes dealing with lawyers from other jurisdictions and advising organisations in other countries about the legal requirements in New Zealand which govern not-for-profit organisations.
We can further assist non-profit bodies in the following areas: taxation; restructuring and collaborative working; regulatory compliance; public service contracts requirements; working with government departments; assistance with funders and sponsors; and employment and independent contractor agreements. We offer a commercial perspective to our non-profit clients, especially in relation to corporate and operational structures, social enterprise, and activities which require our clients to enter into commercial arrangements.