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mergers, acquisitions and business structures

This forms one of the core areas of practice for Brookfields' commercial and banking group, with specialist support from Brookfields' other practice groups in areas including:

  • Employment
  • Resource management
  • Commercial property

Experience

Brookfields has served as the sole or principal legal adviser to parties involved in some of New Zealand's largest mergers and acquisitions in recent years. These have been structured in most cases as asset or share sales and purchases, with transaction values of up to NZ$1 billion. Many of these have also involved:

  • Comprehensive due diligence (including property and environmental)
  • Joint venture documentation
  • Shareholding agreements
  • Amalgamations
  • Commercial supply contracts (such as distributorships, manufacturing agreements etc)
  • Intellectual property transfers and licensing
  • Management contracts
  • Shareholder and bank financing
  • Foreign investment in New Zealand
  • Tax advice
  • Debt and equity placements

Contact Us:

John Ferner
Partner
t: +64 9 979 2153
e: John Ferner

Brendan Meech
Partner
t: +64 9 979 2209
e: Brendan Meech