Smith Wood & Woods Law Firm - Comprehensive Legal Services Gore

Smith, Wood & Woods is a well-respected Southland law firm that has been serving local families and businesses for over 100 years. Today, the firm also provides professional legal advice to national and offshore clients. As a general practice firm, Smith, Wood & Woods offers practical advice whilst providing personal service, with the team priding itself on being knowledgeable, efficient and proactive.

The firm specialises in commercial law, conveyancing, employment law, family law, trusts, wills, asset planning and estates. Their commercial law services include financing and refinancing, securities, terms of trade, business structures such as companies, joint ventures, partnerships and trusts, and leases. The conveyancing team handles rural, residential, commercial and subdivision matters.

In family law, Smith, Wood & Woods assists with relationship property matters, protection orders, care and contact arrangements, adoption, testamentary claims and paternity testing. The firm works closely with clients and their financial advisors to establish effective asset protection structures, including family trusts, charitable trusts and trading trusts, whilst also administering and managing gifting programmes. Their wills, asset planning and estates services encompass asset protection, estate planning, succession planning, enduring powers of attorney, gifting, and elder law including residential care home matters.