Industry Specialties
Legal Expertise to Support Your Business
Navigating industry-specific legal challenges requires expertise and a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape. At Ford Sumner Lawyers, we provide tailored legal solutions for businesses in construction, aviation, property, and the government & public sector.
Our experienced team offers strategic advice on Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Property Law, and dispute resolution, ensuring compliance and protecting your interests.
Whether you’re managing a government contract, handling aviation regulations, or seeking expert guidance from construction or property lawyers, we deliver practical legal support to help your business succeed.
Our Industry Specialties
Precision fuels aviation—and our advice. Ford Sumner Lawyers guides airlines, airports and service providers nationwide, blending deep sector insight with expertise in regulation, governance, finance and employment.
Trusted by 12 NZ airports, we anticipate risk, ensure Civil Aviation Authority compliance and craft robust contracts from leases to incident response. One agile team, keeping your operation airborne with confidence.
As AoG panel members, we provide agencies fast access to sharp, cost-effective counsel. We untangle procurement rules, draft watertight contracts, manage employment and privacy risks, and defend decisions when challenged.
With deep knowledge of public-law frameworks and commercial realities, our agile team safeguards accountability so you can deliver better outcomes.
Our team provides clear, practical advice on contracts, risk, health-and-safety, and disputes, so builders, contractors and developers can focus on the job at hand. Whether drafting NZS agreements, navigating payment claims or resolving disagreements through adjudication or negotiation, we supply the insights that keep projects moving. Through Tradie Law, we also offer ready-made templates and compliance checks for swift, day-to-day support.
We bring seasoned property insight to every deal. We guide owners, investors and developers on purchases, finance, leases and subdivisions, and help private clients secure assets through trusts, wills and enduring powers—offering clear direction from first home to complex portfolios.
We advise a wide range of sectors—from technology, energy and manufacturing to healthcare, agribusiness and professional services. Whatever the industry, we combine commercial insight with deep legal expertise in contracts, governance, employment and dispute resolution. Our team learns your operational realities quickly, translates complex regulations into clear actions, and delivers timely, pragmatic advice that keeps your organisation moving.
Aviation
Precision fuels aviation—and our advice. Ford Sumner Lawyers guides airlines, airports and service providers nationwide, blending deep sector insight with expertise in regulation, governance, finance and employment. Trusted by 12 NZ airports, we anticipate risk, ensure Civil Aviation Authority compliance and craft robust contracts from leases to incident response. One agile team, keeping your operation airborne with confidence.
Government & Public Sector
As AoG panel members, we provide agencies fast access to sharp, cost-effective counsel. We untangle procurement rules, draft watertight contracts, manage employment and privacy risks, and defend decisions when challenged. With deep knowledge of public-law frameworks and commercial realities, our agile team safeguards accountability so you can deliver better outcomes.
Construction
Our team provides clear, practical advice on contracts, risk, health-and-safety, and disputes, so builders, contractors and developers can focus on the job at hand. Whether drafting NZS agreements, navigating payment claims or resolving disagreements through adjudication or negotiation, we supply the insights that keep projects moving. Through Tradie Law, we also offer ready-made templates and compliance checks for swift, day-to-day support.
Property
Other Industries
We advise a wide range of sectors—from technology, energy and manufacturing to healthcare, agribusiness and professional services. Whatever the industry, we combine commercial insight with deep legal expertise in contracts, governance, employment and dispute resolution. Our team learns your operational realities quickly, translates complex regulations into clear actions, and delivers timely, pragmatic advice that keeps your organisation moving.
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