Courtney Mearns
BA(Hons) LLB LLM • Auckland
Courtney has experience in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, corporate governance, foreign investment and commercial contracts.
She has acted on a number of complex transactions for a range of domestic and international clients.
Work Highlights
Colliers New Zealand
Acquisition of a majority stake in property management and advisory firm, Greenstone Group.
Hobson Wealth Holdings
Acted for the vendors on the sale of the wealth advisory firm to Forsyth Barr Group.
Comvita
Acquisition of speciality honey retailer HoneyWorld Singapore.
nib nz holdings
Acquisition of Kiwi Insurance from Kiwi Group Holdings.
Acquisition of OrbitProtect.
PMG
Exit by ASX-listed 360 Capital and subsequent acquisition and partnership with Oriens Capital.
Capital raising
Acted on a number of regulated capital raisings for funds management and corporate clients.
Shinsei Bank
$762 million acquisition of UDC Finance from ANZ.
UBS
Infratil’s $300 million capital raise via an institutional placement and share purchase plan.
Comvita
$50 million capital raise via an institutional placement and accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer.
Macquarie Capital and Craigs Investment Partners
Vista Group International on its $65 million capital raise via a placement and accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer.
Sale and purchase
Acted for the purchaser in acquisition of all of the shares in a specialist log marshalling business.
Share divestment
Acted for vendor in the divestment of shares in a horticultural business.