Partner, Auckland

Sarah McEwan

Sarah Mcewan (2)

Profile

Sarah specialises in corporate and commercial law with a broad range of experience in capital markets and securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions and complex commercial contracts.

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.

  • Rising star - Capital markets - Debt and Equity, IFLR1000 2022
  • Rising star - Capital markets, Corporate and M&A, Asialaw Profiles 2021
  • Next generation partner - Legal 500


Work highlights

Advising Nestlé Health Science

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

Advising Infratil

in relation to 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 (New Zealand 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 One NZ

(formerly Vodafone New Zealand) 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



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Simon Vodanovich

Senior Consultant, Auckland

Simon specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), general corporate advice and the laws and rules regulating New Zealand’s…

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Nick Bragg

Partner, Auckland

Nick specialises in corporate and commercial law with considerable experience across a broad range of mergers and acquisitions…

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