Grania Clark

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Subdivisions; Greenfields Developments; Commercial Leasing; Retail Leasing; Industrial Leasing; Asset Protection; Financial Law; Property Transactions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (University of Canterbury)
• Admitted to practice in New Zealand

SELECTED REPRESENTATIONS

• Acting on a large community development project over approximately 100 hectares (including Ministry of Education contract for a proposed new school and the disposal of more than 300 residential housing units).
• Acting on acquisition of rural land subject to forestry rights and carbon credit assessments.
• Acting for developers on residential subdivisions and final disposal to Kainga Ora for bulk social housing.
• Acting on behalf of landlords to negotiate leasing agreements with major government departments and institutional banks.
• Acting for a centre Auckland licensor on licence arrangements for telecommunications facilities and transmitters.
• Acting for developer on disputed infrastructure development agreements and related infrastructure cost sharing arrangements for property developments with interdependent infrastructure facilities.
• Acting for local authorities on the acquisition and disposal of land under the Public Work Act.
• Advising Auckland Council on the risks of proposed public works adjacent to private properties with riparian and associated rights.
• Acting on $40m disposal of commercial business and premises to international storage organisation.
• Acting for vendor on the sale of Auckland suburban shopping centre (including updating all leasing arrangements).
• Acting for local authorities to prepare resource consent compliance documents, development contribution deferment and transfer agreements, and bonding arrangements.
• Assisted on Resource Management appeals and submissions (including the proposed Auckland Council Unitary Plan).

*  Includes experience and representations undertaken whilst at previous firms.