Dentons New Zealand

Dentons, is part of the world’s largest global law firm, and a leading law firm in New Zealand. A firm that embraces change and has unparalleled access to legal expertise in over 80 countries. Dentons helps your organisation by providing uniquely global and deeply local legal solutions. The challenges that our clients are navigating and the opportunities they are advancing are changing at an accelerated pace. This is why we offer more than legal insight, we help you find business solutions to achieve your goals.

Private wealth law

Wealth planning should preserve and enhance private wealth and safeguard it from risk. Risk arises from factors like business activities, capital and cash constraints, family discord, human vulnerabilities, mortality, economic shifts, natural disasters, taxes, and asset allocation.

Traditional wealth planning practices are necessarily evolving. We are market leaders in wealth planning and pioneers in this evolution. We think holistically to produce clear and effective plans for the intergenerational transfer of wealth and imaginative solutions to the varied issues facing the private wealth sector.

Committed to introducing international best practice, we set ourselves apart by incorporating expertise from mature foreign jurisdictions. We proudly think differently to other advisers. Leveraging Dentons' global platform uniquely equips us to tackle complex cross-border issues arising from the movement of capital and talent.

Our family office clients have access to the Dentons Family Office Hub, an online portal providing curated thought leadership, an exclusive community of peers, and access to deal flow. Our team includes tax and litigation specialists, and we provide a comprehensive suite of services to our clients, including:

• designing and implementing strategic wealth plans utilising a range of appropriate tools and structures;
• migrant wealth and tax planning, including residency by investment advice and guidance on the Active Investor Plus visa;
• expert advice on trust law and governance;
• drafting and negotiating relationship property agreements and advocating in related disputes;
• advising and advocating in contentious trusts and estates matters;
• advising charities, not for profits and philanthropists on structuring, governance, and compliance;
• family business governance and succession; and
• family office design and governance.