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DLA Piper New Zealand is frequently called upon to assist clients with the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, capital raises and insurance matters. It further offers expertise in relation to inbound and outbound investments, corporate restructurings and employee share options. The legal team regularly acts for large insurers, private equity and technology companies.
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DLA Piper provided comprehensive tax advice to Yamaha Motor Ventures in
connection with its acquisition of Robotics Plus, a company specialising in artificial intelligence.
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The team at DLA Piper provides commercially pragmatic and actionable advice.
What sets DLA Piper apart is both its international reach and local expertise.
I value the experience and approachability of the team, and also its ability to dissect and simplify the issues.
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David has very good relationships with officials in that revenue space, he is able to unpick problems and work constructively with tax policy officials to offer solutions.
He has strong expertise in cross-border tax within wealth management, superannuation and retirement planning.
David Johnston is very responsive and able to give clear guidance.
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