Corporate/Commercial - New Zealand
Band 3
What the Team is Known For
Buddle Findlay's broad corporate practice offers M&A expertise to an impressive range of both domestic and international clients. The firm advises on a variety of M&A, private equity and block trade deals, as well as transactional regulatory issues. Its team acts for a range of banks, funds, domestic and international corporates and government entities on deals in a wide range of industry sectors.
Strengths
Buddle Findlay is very strategic in its thinking and is able to see through the legal complexities, working alongside our business in order to solve problems and achieve results.
The team is highly commercial and understands our business model well, quickly recognising the synergies we are trying to drive and doing an amazing job of protecting that value.
Work Highlights
Buddle Findlay advised Nestlé Health Sciences on the divestment of Egmont Honey, handling all transaction aspects including vendor due diligence, a competitive bid process and securing Overseas Investment Office consent.
Notable practitioners
Grant Dunn is based in Auckland and is active in both the public M&A and private equity spheres, offering noted experience of cross-border transactions, including those subject to Overseas Investment Office approval.
He is a top notch operator who is widely respected for his legal skills and commercial insights. He also runs a very client-focused team that strives to deliver results.
Grant Dunn has amazing commercial awareness and an amazing ability to simplify complicated structures into an elegant solution.
David Thomson maintains a diverse corporate and commercial practice, covering transactional, contractual and governance issues and embracing work for both private and public sector clients operating in a variety of industries and business sectors. He is based in Auckland.
Sarah McEwan's practice undertakes domestic and international transactions in divestments, asset transfers and SPAs. She displays notable prominence for her M&A work.
Sarah McEwan is very flexible, responsive and accommodating of all our requests, focusing on providing workable solutions.
She did an outstanding job for us, taking ownership of the matter and driving it home while working around complexities.
