Gregory Allen

Practice Areas

Greg heads the firm's Real Estate National Practice Group and has previously been on the board of Simpson Grierson. He is an expert in property law and property development work.

Greg's experience includes acting on large infrastructure, energy, forestry, farm, viticulture and commercial real estate transactions, land acquisitions, and providing property and due diligence advice on many significant corporate transactions.

He has extensive experience on commercial property transactions (including complex design and build projects) and large scale residential and commercial property development (including complex canal and integrated resort developments). Greg also has experience in the acquisition and development of wind and solar farms, hotel acquisitions and developments (including resort developments in Fiji), establishment and acquisition of retirement villages and commercial leasing.

Greg is an expert on overseas investment, providing advice on property related investments by overseas persons, undertaking land investigations, and preparing applications for Overseas Investment Office approval, including obtaining New Zealand’s first standing consent for a residential land developer.

Greg has assisted on numerous M&A deals, providing property and overseas investment advice including in relation to large scale energy, retail, telecommunications and retirement village transactions.

Greg enjoys working alongside his clients helping them commence and complete their real estate projects.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Urban Development Institute of New Zealand (UDINZ)

Member of the Property Institute of New Zealand (PINZ)

Member of the Property Council

Member of the Overseas Investment Office Legal Reference Group

Member of NZFI