NEW ZEALAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Greg Neill, Fred Ward and Callum Burnett, Russell McVeagh
Russell McVeagh is a leading full-service New Zea - land law firm and employs approximately 300 staff and partners. The firm is committed to operating on the cutting edge of legal practice, with award-winning lawyers who are internationally recognised for their thought leadership, depth of experience and ability to translate complex legal issues into client success stories. It has particular expertise in banking and fi - nance (including securitisation and financial markets regulation), corporate and commercial (including M&A), tax, competition/antitrust, employment, health
and safety, resource management (including energy), litigation, restructuring and insolvency, property and construction, technology and digital, and public law and regulation. The tax team has extensive corporate tax experience and provides advice on a wide vari - ety of issues relating to financing and capital raising, M&A, business establishment and reorganisations, investment products, PPPs and infrastructure invest - ment, employee remuneration packages, customs and excise, transfer pricing, and tax investigations and disputes.
Authors
Greg Neill is a partner and practice group chair of Russell McVeagh’s tax group. He is an experienced tax and transactional lawyer, and provides advice on a broad range of New Zealand tax matters for New Zealand
Fred Ward has been a partner with Russell McVeagh since 1995. With more than 30 years’ experience with the firm, he offers advice on a full range of New Zealand tax issues, particularly financing transactions,
and offshore clients. His primary expertise includes M&A, private equity and corporate finance, as well as real estate and construction, private wealth investment and general corporate tax matters. Greg is a member of the International Fiscal Association, the taxation committee of the New Zealand Financial Services Council and the “Build to Rent” Taskforce of the Property Council of New Zealand.
cross-border transactions, M&A and tax dispute work. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association and the taxation committee of the New Zealand Law Society.
Callum Burnett is a senior associate in the Russell McVeagh tax team. He returned to Russell McVeagh after four years in New York where he gained a Master of Laws (specialising in international tax law) at New York
University and practised US tax at international law firms. Callum advises on transactional tax matters (including finance, M&A and private equity transactions) and tax disputes and litigation. He was formerly a clerk at the New Zealand High Court, and is a committee member of the International Fiscal Association – Young IFA branch in New Zealand.
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