25+ years experience advising on mergers, takeovers, acquisitions, securities issuance, private equity transactions, and corporate governance. Work experience includes six years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a magic circle London firm.Specialties: Capital markets, corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, foreign investment and corporate governanceRecognition:• Seven times nominee - Australian Law Awards - New Zealand Dealmaker of the Year• Chambers Asia-Pacific Corporate/Commercial - Leading Lawyer• Asia Pacific Legal 500 Corporate/M&A - Leading LawyerWork Examples:• Auckland Council - on the $833m strategic sale and block trade of 7% of Auckland International Airport held by Auckland Council • 2degrees - $1.076 billion sale of its passive cell phone tower assets to mobile tower company, Connexa.•Heritage Lifecare - sale and leaseback of its property interests in 38 aged care facilities to Centuria Capital Group for $291 million• nib nz holdings group - acquisition of Kiwi Insurance Limited for $45 million• Matariki Forestry Group - establishment with Hancock Natural Resource Group of AVA Timber LP, New Zealand's largest export joint venture• Web.com - acquisition of Freeparking from Pencarrow Private Equity• Livestock Improvement Corporation - share simplification process, effecting the restructure of the co-operative and consolidation of two classes of shares• Craigs Investment Partners, Jarden Partners and Macquarie Securities - $301 million block trade of shares in Oceania Healthcare• Craigs Investment Partners and Macquarie Securities - $65 million placement and ANREO of shares in Vista Group International• UBS - $400 million accelerated renounceable entitlement offer and placement by Infratil for the purposes of part financing the proposed acquisition of Vodafone NZ• Adamantem Capital - acquisition of leading smallgoods provider Hellers• Citigroup Global Markets and Forsyth Barr Group - AU$300 million underwritten entitlement offer by Tilt Renewables• UEM Edgenta - $263 million takeover by WSP Global of Opus International Consultants• Macquarie Capital - $96 accelerated rights entitlement offer by Restaurant Brands• Archer Capital - establishment of Aspire2, formed through the acquisition of five New Zealand based private education businesses• Macquarie Capital - $1.81 billion sale by Origin Energy of its 53.1% shareholding in Contact Energy• Marlborough Lines - acquisition of Yealands Wine Group• Accel Partners - $132.9 million investment in Xero by private placement