Experience

We have advised:

• Wellington International Airport in defending a High Court judicial review brought by the Airline Pilots’ Association relating to the airport’s proposed runway extension
• the NZ Transport Agency on its assessment of Auckland Transport’s Request for Tender for the provision of bus services in Auckland under the Public Transport Operating Model, and on the implementation of integrated ticketing
• Television New Zealand on various administrative and public law obligations, including in relation to electoral broadcasting
• a range of bidders, contractors and investors on their involvement in PPP projects including the Department of Corrections’ Wiri Men’s Prison PPP and the Ministry of Education’s Schools 2 PPP and Hobsonville Schools PPP projects
• multiple participants in the irrigation sector on the development of regional irrigation schemes, including engagement with local and central government agencies
• Ōtākaro in relation to a range of public law issues including application of the Official Information Act
• Intueri Education Group in relation to the TEC investigations into the Dive School and Quantum Education Group
• a DHB in relation to the legal issues arising from the potential disposition of surplus land
• the Egg Producers Federation of New Zealand in relation to a Regulations Review Committee complaint
• a number of major public and private sector organisations on matters arising from significant and high profile privacy breaches
• numerous clients on issues around the application of the Official Information Act, Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, and in relation to public law inquiries undertaken by the Auditor-General
• the lenders on the funding package offered to the Hapori Connect Tauranga Consortium as part of its bid for the Tauranga Social Housing Transaction
• Chorus on the government’s debt and equity investments in Chorus through Crown Fibre Holdings, for the purpose of funding the rollout of Ultra-Fast Broadband across New Zealand
• Fletcher Building on its successful bid for the high profile New Zealand International Convention Centre project in Auckland, and
• Todd Property Ormiston Town Centre on the development of a large mixed-use (retail, commercial, residential, community) town centre in Flatbush, Auckland, in conjunction with development partners Panuku Development Auckland and Auckland Council.