MARITIME LAW SPECIALISTS

Dawson & Associates has provided practical specialist maritime legal services to clients throughout New Zealand and internationally since 2007.

 

Our Services

 

a wide range of specialised services

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OUR EXPERTISE

Our expertise comes from being maritime specialists, which means we practice what we do best, every day.

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OUR PEOPLE

Our team understand maritime and marine issues.

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CONTACT US

Nelson based, but working with clients in New Zealand and around the world, we welcome your enquiry.

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EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS

We provide practical and trusted advice to marine businesses and individuals.

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SPECIALIST ADVOCACY

We know the marine environment and apply this knowledge to our work.

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

We reinvest in our community and our environment.

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Insights

 

industry insights

 
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Thank you for the hospitality, Sunreef Yachts
Vessel sale & purchase
Thank you for the hospitality, Sunreef Yachts
Vessel sale & purchase

Our associate, Troy Stade, has recently been to visit Sunreef Yachts in Poland, where a client is currently having a vessel built.

Vessel sale & purchase
A successful sale for Dawson &amp; Associates - Ginette
Vessel sale & purchase
A successful sale for Dawson & Associates - Ginette
Vessel sale & purchase

Dawson & Associates are pleased to have recently concluded the sale of the Sunreef 70 sailing catamaran Ginette to a foreign buyer.

Vessel sale & purchase
New Zealand Customs’ consultation update - proposed rule changes for visiting yachts to NZ
Marine regulation, Vessel operations, Vessel sale & purchase
New Zealand Customs’ consultation update - proposed rule changes for visiting yachts to NZ
Marine regulation, Vessel operations, Vessel sale & purchase

NZ Customs is working through submissions received on their proposed rule changes for visiting yachts to New Zealand, and has updated its website with guidance on the sale of temporarily imported small craft in New Zealand.

Marine regulation, Vessel operations, Vessel sale & purchase
Draining the Seas – highlighting positive new perspectives on bottom trawling in New Zealand
Commercial fishing
Draining the Seas – highlighting positive new perspectives on bottom trawling in New Zealand
Commercial fishing

Despite international controversy, bottom trawling in New Zealand is a sustainable and effective way of harvesting healthy wild-caught animal protein. The new video produced by the NZ Federation of Commercial Fishermen helps provide a new perspective.

Commercial fishing
 
 

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