Senior Associate, Christchurch
Celeste Brown
Contact
- Christchurch office
- DDI +64 3 371 3510
- M +64 27 337 0477
Profile
Celeste specialises in corporate and commercial law and has particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, corporate structuring and commercial leasing.
Celeste advises on a range of transactional matters (including project finance and related security arrangements) and her clients include major banks, credit unions, finance companies, local authorities and private sector companies.
Celeste also has experience in preparing and negotiating commercial contracts and advising on statutory and regulatory compliance.
- Recognised as one of New Zealand's best young lawyers and a future legal leader by NZ Lawyer 2026
Experience
Sector / Expertise
- Corporate and commercial
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Property finance
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and financial services
- Early stage and high growth companies
- Corporate governance
- Joint ventures and limited partnerships
- Overseas investment
- Franchising
- Structured finance
- Cooperatives
- Agribusiness, horticulture and forestry
- Construction and projects
- Transport
- International connections
Work highlights
Advising New Zealand Agri Brokers (NZAB)
on its new rural business NZAB Capital, which involved a significant restructure of the existing business and establishment of a new warehouse funding structure
Assisting Pioneer Energy
in an acquisition and restructure of its business
Acting for various corporate entities
on asset and share acquisitions and sales
Advising prominent developers
on joint venture formation and structuring
Advising major banks, credit unions and building societies
on lending and security arrangements and commercial agreements