Examples of Work

• nib Holdings Ltd - acquisition of Tower Health
• TPG Opportunity Fund III, LP - various potential acquisitions in New Zealand
• Westpac Banking Corporation - IRD disputes, and advice on wholesale and retail transactions and products
• Coca-Cola Amatil (NZ) - accession as New Zealand issuer to the Australian group's US$2 billion wholesale euro-medium term note programme, and United States private debt placement
• DB Breweries - acquisition of Redwood Cellars
• Amalgamated Hardware Merchants - advising vendors on the sale of AHM, and subsequent reinvestment alongside the private equity purchaser
• Auckland City Council, Auckland Transition Agency, and Auckland Council - advising on tax aspects of the integration of Auckland into a "supercity", particularly in relation to financing arrangements
• New Zealand Carbon Farming - structuring, and general tax advice
• Britannia and Endeavour Superannuation Schemes - ongoing tax advice, including utilising the new "foreign investment zero-rated PIE" regime
• Richmond Investment Management - tax structuring, and general tax advice on the recent establishment of the PIE-compliant Richmond Funds
• Goodyear Inc - restructuring of New Zealand business
• Mars Inc - New Zealand tax and legal aspects of the global purchase of Wrigley

Other Credentials

• Thomas Jefferson School of Law LexisNexis Foreign Tax and Trade Briefs (New Zealand tax chapter, 2011) - Contributor
• International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Tax 2010-2011 (New Zealand chapter) - Contributor
• Inaugural Future Auckland Leadership Programme run by The Committee for Auckland in 2004-2005 - Participant
• Compensating Executives and Other Key Employees in the High-Tech Industry - New Zealand Tax and Legal Implications (International Bar Association, 2003) - Co-author
• Taxation chapter in Law and E-Commerce (Brookers, 2002) - Contributor
• Tax Treatment of E-Commerce in New Zealand (International Fiscal Association Cahiers, 2001) - Contributor