Mark Odlin

Profile

Mark specialises in corporate and commercial law and advises on a range of financial, commercial and corporate law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, finance, company law and negotiating and preparing commercial agreements. He acts for a number of council-controlled trading organisations and has particular expertise in giving commercial and corporate advice in a local government context.

Mark regularly advises a number of domestic and offshore investment vehicles on public offerings, private placements, leverage facilities and structuring issues.

Work highlights

Advising Pioneer Energy

on acquisitions and restructures of its business and development of electricity projects

Advising Central Plains Water Limited

on structure and funding issues associated with the Central Plains Water irrigation project

Advising NZAB

on structuring and funding facilities

Advising a number of local authorities and water services organisations

on Local Water Done Well and related structuring and financing issues

Advising Selwyn District Council

on funding issues in connection with its Eastern Selwyn Sewage Scheme

Advising a number of local authorities

on the adoption and implementation of development contributions policies

Advising North Otago Irrigation Company

on the funding and construction of stage 2 of the NOIC scheme

Advising PrimePort Timaru

on the investment by Port of Tauranga in the Timaru container port

Advising Selwyn District Council

on its Izone Industrial Park development and a number of design build and design build lease projects (using a variety of forms of agreement)

Advising Canterbury local authorities and subsequently Transwaste Canterbury

on the establishment and administration of the Kate Valley land fill and associated operations, maintenance and logistics contracts

Acting for Doug Hood and Doug Hood Mining

on contracting issues and contract disputes at the Stockton Mine and other contracted sites

Advising Grey District Council

on port operations and management contracts and proposed joint venture with Port Taranaki for the loading and transport of Pike River coal from Greymouth port

Advising Meta NZ

on construction, plant procurement and financing of its Christchurch materials recovery facility

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