Overview
Our team offers advice across the board for those wishing to invest in New Zealand, including individuals, and public and private organisations.
Our team includes specialists in corporate and public law who regularly assist clients with obtaining overseas investment consents. Our international clients can rely on these specialists to help them navigate New Zealand's complex overseas investment regime and engaging with the regulator, the Overseas Investment Office.
We are extremely well placed to advise on all aspects of investment in New Zealand because of the depth of our expertise in mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, competition and anti-trust, capital markets, takeovers, taxation, resource management, property, Māori and Treaty of Waitangi issues, and public law.
Experience
Sector / Expertise
- Agribusiness, horticulture and forestry
- Airports and ports
- Banking and financial services
- Biotechnology and life sciences
- Capital markets
- Corporate and commercial
- Electricity
- Energy and resources
- Environment and resource management
- Food and beverage
- Gas
- Joint ventures
- Māori
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity
- Property
- Public and administrative law
- Radio spectrum and telecommunications
- Takeovers
- Tax
- Venture capital
International
Work highlights
Advising Creswell New Zealand, a subsidiary of Nongfu Spring
on its acquisition of a water bottling plant in Otakiri, Bay of Plenty
Advising JVC Kenwood, a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed company
on its acquisition of 40% of the shares of Christchurch-based Tait International
Advising Caltex Australia
on its NZ$340m acquisition of Gull New Zealand
Advising Newell Brands
on its NZ$660m acquisition of Sistema Plastics
Acting for 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 Public Sector Pension Investment Board of Canada (PSP Investments)
on its investment in Kaingaroa Timberlands Partnership alongside Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund
Our team
David Thomson
Partner, Auckland
Board of Management
David specialises in corporate and commercial law with considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholdin…
- 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
Lisette Hood
Partner, Auckland
Lisette specialises in corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on commercial contracting, corporate governance and merge…
- DDI +64 9 358 7037
- M +64 27 220 5123
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
Nick Bragg
Partner, Auckland
Nick specialises in corporate and commercial law with considerable experience across a broad range of mergers and acquisitions…
- DDI +64 9 363 0769
- M +64 21 818 142
Simon Vodanovich
Partner, Auckland
Simon specialises in corporate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and the laws relating to financial markets conduct. He advises on…
- DDI +64 9 358 7032
- M +64 21 612 810
Steve Nightingale
Partner, Wellington
Steve specialises in corporate law including capital raising, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, limited partnerships…
- DDI +64 4 498 7312
- M +64 27 668 2832
Susie Kilty
Partner, Wellington
Susie specialises in competition, fair trading, overseas investment consents and economic regulation, particularly of infrastructure…
- DDI +64 4 498 7356
- M +64 21 792 134
Tony Dellow
Partner, Wellington
Tony specialises in competition law and regulatory processes, especially in infrastructure industries. Tony’s practice is unique…
- DDI +64 4 498 7304
- M +64 21 349 651