Professional Qualifications

Areas of expertise

• Acting for Livestock Improvement Corporation Limited on its first restructuring from a subsidiary of New Zealand Dairy Board to a farmer owned co-operative, and its second restructuring involving the listing of its new Investment Shares on the NZAX
• Acting for the New Zealand Refining Company Limiteds on its Future Fuels Project, its entry into the first Negotiated Greenhouse Gas Agreement with the Crown, and its co-generation proposals
• Acting on the flotation and listing of TrustPower Limited
• Advising Tainui - Waikato on the settlement of their land claim with the Crown, and continuing to act on post-settlement issues and commercial matters including their River Claim
• Acting for Jasons Travel Media in relation to its rights issue and acquisition of media trading companies
• Acting for Bancorp New Zealanad Limited in relation to restructuring issues
• Acting for New Zealand Rowing in relation to the 1020 World Rowing Championships at Karapiro
• Acting for National Australia Bank in its bid to acquire from Ford Credit Company its Fleetlease business in New Zealand and Australia
• Advising on the establishment of Regal Salmon including its listing on the NZX and acting as a director of the Company
• Acting for WEL Networks Limited in its bid to acquire part of the electricity distribution business of UnitedNetworks Limited
• Acting for Austereo Group Limited in its bid to acquire the radio business of CanWest NZ Radio Holdings Limited
• Acting for Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited in relation to governance and constitutional issues, including advising on the possibility of Fonterra issuing partly paid shares
• Acting for Pillsbury Group and General Mills Group in relation to their New Zealand business
• Acting for Dairy Meats NZ Limited on its restructuring from a subsidiary of New Zealand Dairy Board to a farmer owned co-operative company
• Acting in respect of the public offering for shares in Terra Vitae Vineyards Limited
• Acting on the flotation and listing of Port of Tauranga Limited
• Acting on the amalgamation of Radio Pacific Limited and Radio Otago Limited, both being listed companies
• Acting on restructuring of La Grouw Corporation
• Acting for Brierley Investments Limited in relation to the reorganisation of Union Shipping Group to enable sale of the Australian business to Holyman Limited
• Acting for Cap Gemini on the acquisition of the information technology business of Ernst & Young
• Acting for ION Limited on the acquisition of Ford's wheel alloy plant at Wiri
• Acting for New Zealand Post Limited in relation to an Argentinean joint venture
• Acting for Itochu Corporation in negotiations to acquire an interest in the Stratford Power Station
• Acting for BBR Holdings Limited on the acquisition of a New Zealand engineering business
• Acting for Progressive Enterprises Limited in relation to the take-over of its shares by Foodland Associated Limited
• Acting for Carter Holt Harvey Limited in relation to their proposed bid to acquire the forests of Victorian Plantations Corporation
• Acting for Edison Mission Energy in its bid to acquire the New Zealand power assets of BHP
• Acting for Weyerhaeuser Company in relation to the acquisition of the interest of Fletcher Challenge Limited in Tasman Forestry
• Acting for Tainui Corporation Limited in relation to its acquisition of Hartstone Fisheries Limited 
• Acting for Ajax McPerson's Limited in relation to its acquisition of Alan H. Reid Engineering Limited
• Acting for Tyndalls Australia Limited in relation to its bid to acquire NZI Life
• Acting for Carter Holt Harvey Limited in its bid to acquire Forestry Corporation of New Zealand Limited
• Acting for a New Zealand syndicate which tendered for the acquisition of New Zealand Rail
• Acting for Guinness Peat Group in the takeovers of Dunbar Sloane Limited, Turners & Growers Limited and The Colonial Motor Company Limited
• Acting for CCA Bottlers (NZ) Limited (Coca-Cola) on the purchase of Oasis Industries (their New Zealand franchisee) from Lion Nathan Limited
• Acting for Feltex Management Limited in relation to the acquisition of Feltex Carpets New Zealand Limited by CS First Boston Limited and Management
• Acting for Selak Wines on the sale of its business to Nobilo Vintners
• Acting for TNT Limited in relation to the sale of its 50% interest in Union Shipping Group
• Acting for Mallinckrodt Inc. in relation to the sale of New Zealand Forest Products to Carter Holt Harvey
• Acting for Elders 1XL Limited in respect of the sale of its New Zealand veterinary supplies business
• Acting for Fletcher Challenge Limited on the disposition of non-core businesses such as America Express and Group Rentals
• Acting for Magnum Corporation on the sale of its shareholding in Wilson Neill Limited
• Advising JP Morgan on matters arising from the sale of Sealords by Carter Holt Harvey
• Acting for PAC Enterprises (a USA company) in relation to the sale of New Zealand Can Co to Lion Nathan
• Acting for New Gulf Acquisition LLC in relation to the privatisiation of Gulf Resources Pacific Limited
• Acting for Brierley Investments Limited in its joint venture with ANZDL in relation to combined Trans-Tasman shipping
• Acting for The Williams Group of Companies (a USA company) in relation to setting up an underground coal gasification project in New Zealand (which involved a joint venture with the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand

Seminars and publications

• Co-author of the firm's White Paper on Corporate Governance
• Facilitator of numerous client seminars on commercial, corporate and Securities Act issues