James & Wells Intellectual Property

Area of Expertise:Franchise Law and Commerical Law Locations Serviced:New Zealand wide Services:Franchise system setups, structuring, franchise maintenance, re-documentation, sales and disputes

Area of Expertise:Franchising, Employment and Business Disputes Date Established:1993 Locations Serviced:New Zealand Membership:New Zealand Franchise Association New Zealand Law SocietyPrevious Clients:Franchisors and franchisees Services:All dispute resolution services including mediation, arbitration and litigation.

Area of Expertise:Franchise and Business Law for franchisors, franchisees and all business owners. Date Established:April 2000 Locations Serviced: We are a Franchise Lawyer in Auckland, but service all of New Zealand including Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown, Hawkes Bay, Waikato, Bay of Plenty. We have clients worldwide particularly in Australia. We often help Australian Franchisors move in to the NZ market and NZ Franchisors move into the Australia Market. Membership:FANZ; NZ Law Society, Auckland District Law Society; Parnell Inc. (current Chairperson) Previous & Current Clients:Franchise and non-franchise businesses and their owners. For example: Civic Video; Muffin Break; Target Furniture; Dunkin Donuts; Exceed Maintenance; PORSE Childcare; Cleantastic; Select Cleaning; Adam Parore Mortgages; Compass Communications; Kitchens by Design; Bizzone; Graffiti Guard; Easiyo; Designer Direct; Dream Doors; Spouting on the Spot; UltraScan; Hotondo Homes (NZ) Services:Legal and practical advice delivered in timely, cost effective down to earth way. Advising franchisors and franchisees for the full life cycle of franchisor and franchisee businesses, writing and reviewing franchise NZ and Australian franchise agreements and disclosure documents; review and adaptation of international franchise documents for NZ; commercial leases; employment and contractor law advice and agreements; shareholders agreements; business sales and purchases; intellectual property licensing; customer, distributor and supplier terms of trade; all general legal services including personal wills, trusts and conveyancing