Sarah McEwan

Profile

Sarah specialises in corporate law with a broad range of experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities transactions and corporate advisory and governance matters.

Prior to joining Buddle Findlay, Sarah worked as a transaction director in the capital markets and loan execution team of one of New Zealand's largest banks. Sarah has also spent several years working at another large New Zealand law firm and in both private practice and in-house roles in London.

Market recognition

"Highly proactive, organised and commercial, and a pleasure to work with." - IFLR1000

"Sarah is extremely knowledgeable and able to articulate complex legal issues into everyday language to enable the client to make informed decisions. Sarah is personable and fun to work with and her dedication is to be admired." - IFLR1000

Recognised by IFLR1000 as a women leader and highly regarded lawyer for capital markets

Sarah is listed as a 'leading partner' for corporate and M&A by Legal 500

Work highlights

Acting as target company counsel advising MHM Automation

on all aspects of its takeover by way of scheme of arrangement

Advising Nestlé Health Science

on its acquisition of The Better Health Company (which includes the brands GO Healthy and Egmont Honey)

Advising Infratil

on its initial takeover offer for Tilt Renewables, and subsequent sale of its majority shareholding in Tilt Renewables, which was undertaken by way of a NZ$3.24b scheme of arrangement

Assisting Contact Energy

with its wholesale and retail bond issues including its NZ$225m green capital bond (NZ debt market issue of the year - 2022 INFINZ awards)

Advising Infratil and Brookfield

on their original acquisition of One NZ (previously Vodafone New Zealand) for NZ$3.4b, together with advising Infratil on its subsequent buy-out of Brookfield's stake in One NZ

Advising Sixth Street

on its initial cornerstone investment in ASX and NZX-listed Pushpay Holdings and its subsequent participation in a consortium with BGH Capital relating to the consortium's NZ$1.63b successful acquisition of Pushpay by way of scheme of arrangement

Advising One NZ

on its acquisition of a majority shareholding in specialist cyber security and resilience business DEFEND

Advising Infratil

in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake in diagnostic imaging provider Pacific Radiology Group

Advising a bidder

for Shell's c.NZ$1b upstream oil and gas assets in New Zealand

Advising Brookfield

on the New Zealand aspects of its acquisition of a 50% stake in the Intellihub Group

Advising BurgerFuel

in relation to various listed company matters

Acting for Morrison

in relation to the establishment and ongoing operation of its Public Infrastructure Partners funds, together with co-investment and bolt-on arrangements in relation to such funds

Acting for JVC KENWOOD Corporation

in connection with its acquisition of a 40% stake in Tait International

Advising EastPack

on its capital restructure and regulated offers of debt and equity securities

Acting as New Zealand counsel to arrangers and issuers (including Kauri issuers)

on their respective global note programmes and the issue of securities under those programmes

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