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Joint Venture Agreements 

Please note on our website reference to your ability to apply for a copy of our joint venture checklist.  This is a comprehensive and useful checklist for any person considering either a joint venture arrangement or shareholder arrangement and covers a multitude of complex matters needing to be considered.  The largest joint venture agreement we have been involved with recently has a net worth of $240 million involving financial partners from the South Island and a significant Maori incorporation in the North Island.  

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