Corporate

Our national Corporate practice group provides services in:

• mergers and acquisitions, including takeovers
• joint ventures
• capital markets
• venture capital and startups
• financial services
• corporate governance and advisory
• complex contracting arrangements
• regulatory assistance and investigations, and
• foreign investment and OIO approvals.

We always look to understand your priorities and to deliver innovative advice in a clear and digestible way, so you can properly assess risk and deliver on your strategy. We support management teams and Boards with tailored advice founded on an intimate knowledge of their business. Whether you’re setting up, expanding, or acquiring companies abroad, investing in New Zealand, raising capital, or planning an exit strategy, we offer clear, solutions-focused guidance.

We collaborate with specialists in tax, competition and property law to cover all regulatory approvals and tax-efficient structuring.

Our global network connections enable us to assist multinational corporates and international law firms with their New Zealand affairs and New Zealand clients with their international advisory needs.

Our track record includes connecting companies with investment capital, facilitating angel investments, and assisting with stock exchange listings and other liquidity events. We are dedicated to getting the deal done and ensuring your success at every step.

Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

• PGG Wrightson on the acquisition of Nexan Group.
• TASKA Prosthetics, one of the world’s leading myoelectric multi-articulating hand companies, on its acquisition by Eqwal Group.
• Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, on its acquisition of Cosgroves, one of New Zealand’s leading buildings engineering firms.
• Arthur J Gallagher on its acquisition of First Capital Financial Services.
• MainPower on the sale of 50% of Mt Cass Wind Farm to Energy Marlborough.
• Sealord on the acquisition of Independent Fisheries.

Capital Markets

• $75m initial public offering and NZX listing of New Zealand Rural Land Company and subsequent capital raisings.
• NZX direct listing and subsequent capital raisings by Blackpearl Group.
• Reverse listing of retirement village and aged care assets into Promisia Healthcare and follow on capital raisings.
• NZX foreign exempt listing of Santana Minerals.
• Advising on FMA investigations under the Financial Markets Conduct Act.

Venture Capital and Start-ups

• AVASA on its Series A Capital Raise, led by Movac.
• Mars Bioimaging on its Series A Capital Raise, led by Pacific Channel.
• Nuance as lead investor into Wellumio as part of its Pre-Series A Capital Raise.
• PAM on its Seed Capital Raise, led by FKA.
• Relugroup on its Seed Capital Raise, led by FKA.
• Evnex on its private equity raise from Australian private equity firm Adamantem Capital.
• The New Zealand founders on the sale of their financial services companies to a subsidiary of a global private equity firm.
• Kea Aerospace and Pyper Visionary on early stage capital raises.