Recent transactions from New Zealand include:

Confidential animal healthcare and nutrition client: Advising an overseas purchaser on all aspects of its purchase of the majority of shares in a company in the animal healthcare and nutrition industry, for a purchase price of approximately NZ$25,000,000.

A domestic seller: Advising a seller on its sale of a majority of shares in a company carrying on a mortgage and insurance brokering business for a purchase price of approximately NZ$21,000,000 and on its entry into a joint venture arrangement.

A domestic purchaser: Advising a purchaser on its purchase of all the shares in a group of companies carrying on a high voltage electrical engineering and related services business and a high voltage energy hardware manufacturing and software development business, with operations in New Zealand and Australia, for a purchase price of approximatelyNZ$9,700,000.

Confidential building materials and hardware supplies client: Advising a purchaser on all aspects of its purchase of all the shares in a company which owns and operates a building materials and hardware supplies store and a related manufacturing business, for a purchase price of approximately NZ$14,500,000.

A domestic purchaser: Advising a purchaser on all aspects of its purchase of a minority shareholding in an investment bank, for a purchase price of approximately NZ$1,200,000.

Confidential government agency: Advising a government agency on all aspects of its sale and purchase of units in limited partnerships and shares in companies that provide general practice health services.

Confidential bank client: Advising a subsidiary of a registered bank in New Zealand on all aspects of its acquisition of the business and assets of multiple companies carrying on financial advice service businesses.

Confidential medical equipment manufacturing client: Advising an overseas purchaser on New Zealand law aspects of a shares acquisition in the medical diagnostics equipment manufacturing industry as part of a transaction involving multiple jurisdictions and a purchase price of approximately A$200,000,000.

Port company joint venture: Advising a port company on its joint venture with another port company in relation to the development and ongoing operation of an inland port through a limited liability company.

Modular housing systems joint venture: Advising an indigenous peoples related entity on its joint venture with a company for the development and construction of modular housing systems through a limited liability partnership.

A domestic purchaser: Advising a purchaser on its purchase of half of the shares in a group of companies carrying on a construction business, for a purchase price of approximately NZ$6,500,000, and on its subsequent joint venture through a limited liability company.

Confidential earthworks engineering client: Advising a purchaser on its purchase of half of the shares in a company carrying on an earthworks business, for a purchase price of approximately NZ$4,500,000, and on its subsequent joint venture through a limited liability company.

Company restructure: Advising a group of companies which own and operate building materials and hardware supplies stores and a related manufacturing business on a group restructure.

Debt financing: Advising a group of companies which own and operate building materials and hardware supplies stores and a related manufacturing business on two rounds of debt financing.

Confidential HVAC client: Advising an overseas purchaser on New Zealand law aspects of a business and assets acquisition in the HVAC industry as part of a transaction involving multiple jurisdictions and a purchase price of approximately A$19,000,000.

Confidential farming client: Advising a vendor on the sale of intellectual property used in the livestock farming industry.

Debt/equity financing: Advising the borrower in relation to financing under New Zealand’s provincial growth fund with an option for the lender to convert a loan to equity.

Company restructures: Advising overseas publicly listed companies on New Zealand law aspects of group company restructures involving New Zealand subsidiary companies.

Supply terms: Advising an international supplier and manufacturer of tapware and other household, commercial and industrial equipment and products on terms of trade used for New Zealand.