Career highlights
Advising Fonterra on the sale of its Soprole dairy business in Chile to Peruvian diary company, Gloria Foods, that will result in Fonterra receiving approximately NZD1.055 billion.
Providing specialist tax advice to Te Tai Ōhanga – The Treasury on the buy back of the shares in Kiwi Group Holdings Limited, Kiwibank’s parent company, from New Zealand Post, the NZ Superannuation Fund and ACC.
Acting for Tokyo-listed global insurer, Dai-ichi Life, on a transaction that will see it acquire 100% of the shares in Partners Group Holding Limited, the parent company of New Zealand life insurer Partners Life Limited, for just under NZD1 billion.
Advising Healthscope on the sale of its New Zealand pathology business, Asia Pacific Healthcare Group (APHG), to New Zealand Superannuation Fund and the Canadian Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, each taking a 50% share. Funds managed by Brookfield Asset Management are the majority owners of Healthscope.
Advising Go Bus Limited, owned by Ngāi Tahu Holdings and Tainui Group Holdings, on the sale of transport company Go Bus to Melbourne-based industry operator Kinetic, by sale of 100% of the shares in Go-Bus Holdings Limited. Kinetic is ultimately owned by Canadian pension fund, OP Trust.
Advising MediaWorks Holdings Limited on the sale of MediaWorks TV Limited to Discovery, Inc.
Providing strategic and technical tax advice to ANZ Investment Services (New Zealand) Limited on all aspects of the closing of the public offer of Bonus Bonds and winding up of the Bonus Bonds Scheme (New Zealand’s largest retail managed investment scheme with approximately $3.2 billion invested by around one third of New Zealanders).
Providing tax advice to Sharesies on its initial and ongoing tax obligations and investment structures. Sharesies operates an online investment platform allowing investors to purchase fractions of shares and fund units and has over $500 million in funds under management.
Affiliations
- Member, Tax Law Committee, New Zealand Law Society
- Member, Tax Advisory Group, Financial Services Council NZ
- Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
- Member, International Fiscal Association (New Zealand)
Achievements and recognition
- Recognised, Tax, Chambers Asia-Pacific
- Leading Individual, Tax, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
- Tier 1 team, Tax, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
- Recognised, Highly Regarded Practitioner, World Tax
- Recognised, Tax Law, Best Lawyers