Corporate/Commercial - New Zealand
What the Team is Known For
Buddle Findlay's broad corporate practice offers in-depth 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's team is extremely good at cutting through complexity to understand the key commercial rationale trying to be achieved."
"Buddle Findlay has an incredibly strong and deep bench of talented partners and lawyers who know our business and industry. They provide around-the-clock service, which is outstanding."
Work Highlights
Buddle Findlay advised Infratil on all legal aspects of its acquisition of Brookfield's 49.95% shareholding in the ultimate holding company of One NZ.
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. "Grant Dunn is an exceptional M&A practitioner. He is highly commercial, efficient and has a great ability to simplify complex concepts." "Grant Dunn is great to work with. He is very responsive, knowledgeable and provides pragmatic advice. He is our go-to person when we look to transact or are looking at anything novel or complex."
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.
Simon Vodanovich handles a wide range of transactional, advisory and regulatory mandates from the Auckland office and is active in both the public and private M&A fields. He is particularly experienced in the capital markets space. "Simon Vodanovich has a wealth of experience and knows what a client needs and expects. He is a class act."
