Public Private Partnerships

We have been actively involved as lead legal adviser in the majority of large privately-financed infrastructure projects implemented in New Zealand in recent years.

Private sector involvement - as investors in economic infrastructure and as partners with the Government in social infrastructure - is being strongly encouraged, with projects involving schools, prisons and ultrafast broadband already underway.

We deliver a weight of experience, both local and international, across all aspects of PPP transactions. This includes consortium structuring and risk allocation, project funding, construction, services delivery, asset management, public law and regulatory issues.

The firm has been involved with Crown infrastructure investment projects utilising both the traditional PPP models (such as prisons and schools) and alternative funding models (such as the Crown’s ultrafast broadband investment).

Our experience extends to many related structures, such as concessions, DBFM, BOOT and BOT for delivery of social and economic infrastructure (such as water and wastewater, roading, materials recycling and other waste operations, stadia) and other public sector asset management (tertiary education, health, local government services).

We are highly regarded for the commercial approach we bring to contract negotiations, as well as our technical drafting skills. Our extensive experience of refinancing, variations, market testing and other operational activities, as well as secondary investments in projects by investors, investment funds and or pension funds, enables us to stand alongside our clients throughout the PPP lifecycle.