Mark specialises in agribusiness, water, construction, company, trusts, banking, commercial and insolvency law, with particular emphasis on the following areas:

• Construction contracts

• Corporate structuring

• Corporate governance

• Corporate regulatory compliance, including Companies Act and Financial Markets Conduct Act;

• Shareholder disputes

• Corporate financing (including complex and bespoke structured financing)

• Banking law matters (including credit recovery)

• Commercial contract drafting

• Joint ventures

• Company and individual insolvency issues

• Public issues of securities

• Family and corporate trusts

Major examples of Mark’s work in recent years include:

• Construction contract work for Rooney Earthmoving Limited, G&T Construction Limited, Otakaro Limited and Hunter Downs Water Limited

• Structuring and governance of irrigation companies

• Structuring and governance advice for primary industry co-operative companies including Wools of New Zealand Limited

• Advice to building societies on securities issues, compliance, and governance issues

• Drafting Product Disclosure Statements for share issues for various companies

• Advising on Takeovers Code

• Advising Safe Kiwi (New Zealand) Limited on NZ Real Estate Trust (independent escrow service for real estate transactions)

• Director of Infinity Investment Group Holdings Limited

• Chairman of Cookie Time Limited

• Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors

• Previously served as independent member of the Christchurch City Council Audit & Risk Management Committee, on the Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust Board and as a director of various other companies