Practical Guidance is your everyday tool for essential online legal research.Complete a range of business law transactions without spending hours researching with this highly comprehensive Business Law module.

Get fast, easy access to an array of practical legal resources including; overviews, guidance notes, checklists, precedents, forms, cases, legislation and commentary. Written by experts from leading fi rms Minter Ellison Rudd Watts and Grant Thornton, you know it’s guidance you can trust.

Business Law will help you understand what the upcoming Bill reforms mean for you and your clients, and will guide you through the new processes coming out of the Financial Reporting Bill and, as they relate to offering securities to the public, the Financial Market Conduct Bill.

With expert guidance across 10 topics including, takeovers, insolvency and fi nancial reporting, you can have confi dence to take on more complex matters, be competitive and always at the forefront of what’s required.

Fast, easy, trusted.It’s smart guidance for the real lawyer.

LexisNexis® Practical Guidance

Business Law

Rodney CraigMinter Ellison Rudd WattsPartner

www.lexisnexis.co.nz/practicalguidance

Discover LexisNexis Practical Guidance – Business LawPractical content combined with deeper research content from other LexisNexis publications, regular updates and direct links to relevant external sites will save you time and streamline your research process.

The homepage gives you access to all your business law content needs in one place.

With the option to subscribe to multiple modules, you’ll have easy access on the homepage to your other practice areas.

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The Home Page

The Tabs

Browse Topics

With content organised by topic, simply select what’s relevant and you will see all the key information you need.

Overview

Overviews provide a clear and concise introduction to each subtopic, allowing you to quickly find the information you need.

Precedents

Precedents are written by expert authors specifically for Practical Guidance and sourced from LexisNexis flagship products. Regularly updated for accuracy and currency.

Search

Search and find information across your practice area.

Guidance

The Guidance tab provides access to more detailed practical commentary on the issue.

What’s New and Latest Legal Updates

Stay informed of developments in your practice area with legal updates and notifications regarding new or updated content.

Checklists

Checklists walk you through processes so you never miss a step when completing procedural work.

Commentary

The Commentary tab provides access to commentary sourced from other publications on LexisNexis NZ.

Recently Viewed Documents

Easily refer back to documents you’ve viewed recently.

Other tabs include: Cases, Legislation, Forms, Precedents and Other Resources.

www.lexisnexis.co.nz/practicalguidance/business

• 10 topics• 39 subtopics with overviews• 187 guidance notes • 11 checklists • 176 precedents

• 60 forms• 250+ cases • 600+ legislative references• 200+ ‘Read more’ links

What’s included?

Selected topics provide quick access to the core information you need to practise across a range of business law topics. Our online services are updated regularly so you can be confi dent you always have access to the most up-to-date information.

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For more information, or to register for a free trial, visit www.lexisnexis.co.nz/practicalguidance or call 0800 800 986 to arrange a demonstration.

What topics are covered?

• Business structures • Joint ventures • Contract law• Buying and selling a business• Financial reporting• Takeovers• Lending and taking security• Offers of securities• Business disputes• Insolvency

What sources are referenced?

• Commercial Law in New Zealand• Heath and Whale on Insolvency• Morison's Company Law• Morison’s Securities Law• The Laws of New Zealand• Sim’s Court Practice (NZ)• The Law of Private Receivers of Companies in

New Zealand• New Zealand Forms and Precedents• New Zealand Law Reports• New Zealand Company and Commercial Law Reports• New Zealand Conveyancing and Property Reports• Unreported Judgments • New Zealand Statutes• New Zealand Regulations

"The Practical Guidance Business Law module provides useful guidance across a range of business and commercial issues, highlighting key practical considerations and pitfalls. Now more than ever we must be up to speed with rapidly changing legislation and legal practice; with LexisNexis, our team at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts have identifi ed the practical implications and combined them with handy tools so you can provide commercially pragmatic solutions to your clients’ legal issues."

Rodney Craig, Partner, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts

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Author Firms:

The advisor of the Business Law module is Rodney Craig. Rodney is a commercial and corporate lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and advising early-stage and growth businesses. He heads the Minter Ellison Rudd Watts' Wellington corporate practice.