NEW ZEALAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Ben Paterson, Cath Shirley-Brown and David Hoare, Russell McVeagh
Russell McVeagh employs approximately 350 staff and partners across its Auckland, Wellington and South Island offices. The firm’s private equity team is a market leader in New Zealand and has represented some of the largest and most high-profile domestic and offshore private equity funds. The team has sig - nificant experience in advising on all aspects of pri - vate equity-led transactions, including acquisitions, divestments, bolt-ons, financing and tax issues as - sociated with structuring and fund formation. Russell
McVeagh has a deep understanding of the key drivers and issues faced by private equity sponsors, and col - laborates with experts across its full-service practice to manage any issues that arise from complex, high- value private-equity transactions. Russell McVeagh’s private equity lawyers work across the specialities to deliver advice on a broad range of issues to local and international clients, ranging from NZX 50 corporates to private equity and fund managers.
Authors
Ben Paterson specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, overseas investment (foreign direct investment), distressed transactions and general corporate matters. He advises a significant
Cath Shirley-Brown specialises in public and private M&A (including distressed transactions), private equity, joint-venture and shareholder arrangements, and corporate and commercial law generally. She has
number of private equity fund managers. Ben is also one of New Zealand’s leading experts on the NZ foreign direct investment regime, and regularly provides advice to offshore clients on navigating the regime and obtaining consent. Ben has also been extensively involved in recent legislative reform, as well as in numerous publications on the NZ FDI regime. Ben joined Russell McVeagh in 2008 and progressed to partner in 2017.
experience advising clients across a wide range of industries, including real estate, infrastructure, retail, energy, IT and finance. She also has experience advising central and local government entities on corporate and commercial matters, and has specific expertise in advising on cross-border transactions. Cath joined Russell McVeagh as a partner in May 2020, following an extensive period practising in London at Freshfields, Skadden and latterly as a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she led a number of significant public and private M&A transactions.
David Hoare has a significant reputation as a leading private equity and mergers and acquisitions lawyer who receives consistent and exceptional recommendations from his high-profile clients. He is the
“go-to” for complex corporate matters, drawing on over 25 years’ experience leading clients through all aspects of complex corporate and commercial transactions. David was the previous practice group chair for the National Corporate Advisory Group. He was admitted to practice in England and Wales in 2003 and spent the next four years polishing his international commercial law practice at Herbert Smith Freehills in London. David became a partner in 2007 and has previously acted as chair of Russell McVeagh’s board.
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