Overview
Buddle Findlay is one of the leading New Zealand commercial and public law firms with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and a global reach of contacts and experience.
We work with international companies and their advisers interested in pursuing investment opportunities in New Zealand, including private investors and high-profile institutional investors. Our teams have extensive experience assisting investors on financing, negotiating, structuring and securing regulatory approvals for transactions. We have extensive experience in advising inbound investors on all regulatory requirements including Overseas Investment Office (OIO) consent requirements. Our team also work with outbound New Zealand businesses, looking to expand their investments and operations overseas.
Our clients include national and multi-national corporations, private equity and venture capital funds, banks and financial institutions, state-owned enterprises, government departments, and local and other statutory authorities.
We maintain close relationships with a number of law firms worldwide, including in Asia, Australia, Canada, Singapore, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Most of our partners and senior associates have spent time working in major firms in a number of jurisdictions and many of them have been admitted to practice in those jurisdictions. We have established a reliable network of strong international affiliations through a combination of cross referrals, transactional experience and membership of relevant international organisations.
We are strongly aware of clients’ preferences and requirements. We have the ability of working in Mandarin and Cantonese languages.
“Excellent technical skills, always client focused, but sound advice that I can rely on.”
Asialaw Profiles
“They have excellent partners who are flexible and responsive, who understand our business and what we require.”
Asialaw Profiles
"Buddle Findlay is another of the big firms in New Zealand. It has a large team of well-known lawyers working across the entire range of practice areas."
Asialaw Profiles
- Member of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)
- Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
Work highlights
Advising Chevron
on the 2015 sale of Chevron New Zealand to Z Energy, and on the sale of Chevron's shareholding in The New Zealand Refining Company
Advising Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
on its consortium with Oji Holdings to acquire the Carter Holt Harvey pulp, paper and packaging business for NZ$1b
Advising GE
on the sale of GE Capital's New Zealand business
Advising BCS
on the sale of BCS Group to Daifuku Japan
Advising Singapore Post
on its acquisition of Famous Pacific Shipping
Advising Olam International
on the full takeover of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay
Our team
David Perry
Partner, Auckland
David specialises in banking and financial services, and restructuring and insolvency law. He represents banks and financial…
- DDI +64 9 358 7020
- M +64 21 632 268
David Thomson
Partner, Auckland
David specialises in corporate and commercial law with considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures…
- DDI +64 9 363 0750
- M +64 21 668 593
Grant Dunn
Partner, Auckland
Grant specialises in corporate and commercial law and has over 20 years experience. He previously spent six years with the London…
- DDI +64 9 363 0636
- M +64 21 888 812
Hak Jun Lee
Partner, Auckland
Hak Jun specialises in banking and financial services and has extensive experience in property law and overseas investment…
Lisette Hood
Partner, Auckland
Lisette specialises in corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on commercial contracting, corporate governance and merge…
Mark Odlin
Partner, Christchurch
Board of Management
Mark specialises in corporate and commercial law and advises on a range of financial, commercial and corporate law matters, including…
- DDI +64 3 371 3525
- M +64 21 753 769
Peter Owles
Partner, Auckland
Peter is an expert in all aspects of banking and financial services law, with over 30 years' experience…
- DDI +64 9 358 7047
- M +64 21 750 509
Sarah McEwan
Partner, Auckland
Sarah specialises in corporate and commercial law with a broad range of experience in capital markets and securities transactions…
- DDI +64 9 363 0792
- M +64 21 453 506
Sherridan Cook
Partner, Auckland
Board of Management
Sherridan specialises in advocacy and commercial litigation, with considerable expertise and experience in…
Terence Ng
Partner, Auckland
Terence specialises in banking and finance, corporate and commercial, and property law…