Jasmin Matthews

Senior Associate

Jasmin is an experienced corporate lawyer who specialises in private mergers and acquisitions (M&A), overseas investment, private equity, and corporate advisory.

Jasmin has worked on a broad range of M&A transactions across a variety of sectors including FMCG, financial services and fund management, e-commerce, technology and media and manufacturing. Her clients range from individuals and founder operator businesses to private equity firms and large corporates both in New Zealand and overseas. She has expertise across the full life cycle of a transaction and her solutions-focused and collaborative approach means she quickly develops close working relationships with clients to facilitate successful deals.

Beyond transactions, Jasmin also regularly advises overseas investors on compliance with the Overseas Investment Act as well as acting for overseas investors on consent applications to buy significant business assets in New Zealand. She also advises directors, shareholders, and companies on corporate compliance, corporate structures and general corporate advisory matters.

Jasmin is praised by her clients for being professional, astute, and for providing great advice. Clients appreciate her down to earth and personable nature and for genuinely caring about getting great outcomes for them.

A core member of the firm’s community investment programme team, Jasmin regularly volunteers both inside and outside of the firm. She is passionate about mentoring and giving back to the community and is a regular mentor as part of the University of Auckland’s He Ira Wāhine – Women's Mentoring Programme and the firm’s MentorME programme.

Career highlights

Advised JBS on the New Zealand regulatory aspects of its global restructure and NYSE IPO. As a major shareholder in NZX-listed Scott Technology, JBS faced complex Overseas Investment implications. We secured key exemptions, enabling the restructure and IPO to proceed efficiently while supporting JBS’s global growth and capital strategy.

Advised Habit Health on the sale of all of its shares to Five V Capital. The deal marked a major milestone for Habit Health’s founders and Five V’s first Fund V investment.

Advised Tiny Fund I, LP on the New Zealand aspects of its purchase of 60% of Letterboxd Limited, a global social platform for film discovery and discussion. In conjunction with Tiny’s Canadian counsel, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, we advised on New Zealand aspects of the sale including due diligence and drafting the SPA, among other elements of the transaction.

Over the last three years, we have advised CMSL Holdings (now Propell Works) on its numerous acquisitions in the engineering and industrial services industry, including Propell Works’ acquisition of a majority stake in Contract Mechanical Services, its acquisition of Bay Sandblasting Services, its acquisition of Structural Coatings Services and its acquisition of Ashhurst Engineering.

Advised Finasucre (global food manufacturer) on its acquisition of a stake in Prolife Foods.

Advised Follett School Solutions, a leading provider of K-12 educational technology solutions in the US, on its acquisition of Access-It is a global library management system provider with more than 4,000 customers in over 45 countries.

Advised amicaa, an Australian private credit manager, and The Carlyle Group on the M&A aspects of their debt financing.

Achievements and recognition
  • Recognised team, Corporate/Commercial, Chambers Asia-Pacific
  • Tier 1 team, Corporate and M&A, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific