Barney is a partner in the tax group. He has significant experience across all aspects of New Zealand's domestic and international tax law. He advises clients on a wide range of investment and finance transactions, both domestic and cross-border. Barney also assists clients with tax disputes and litigation.
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


