Chapman Tripp


Chapman Tripp


Hamish practises corporate & commercial and property law.

Hamish advises on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, major infrastructure projects, restructuring & insolvency, outsourcing and information technology for a variety of business entities and contractual arrangements in New Zealand and Europe. He also advises on corporate governance and regulatory requirements for public bodies and listed entities.


Recent experience

Hamish has advised:

  • PGG Wrightson on the sale of its strong wool business to, and the establishment of, The Wool Company 
  • PGG Wrightson on aspects of its partnering with Silver Fern Farms 
  • on incorporated and unincorporated joint ventures, including innovative models for (co-operative) joint ventures for certain species newly introduced to New Zealand’s fisheries quota management system 
  • Telecom New Zealand on its strategic partnering relationship with Lucent Technologies, and the acquisition of its CDMA, GSM and WCDMA mobile network
  • Telecom New Zealand on the outsourcing of its planning, design, maintenance and operational requirements for its core network to Alcatel, and its CDMA (027) mobile network to Lucent
  • Shell Exploration NZ as operator of the Pohokura Joint Venture, and
  • Urbus Properties on its merger with ING Property Trust by way of a full scrip offer by ING under the Takeovers Code.