Graeme specialises in taxation law.
He advises on a wide range of New Zealand tax matters including merger and acquisition transactions and tax disputes.
Graeme has advised on cross-border structuring issues as well as debt and equity issuances (including Kauri bond programmes).
Graeme joined Chapman Tripp in 2009 after more than 10 years in the tax team at another leading New Zealand law firm. He regularly presents at taxation seminars on both income tax and goods and services topics.
Recent experience
Graeme’s experience includes advising:
on the New Zealand tax aspects of Shell Overseas Holdings Limited’s (Shell) divestment of its 37% interest in Fulton Hogan Limited (FHL) by way of a share buyback by FHL
Hanover Finance on the unwind of its 2008 debt restructure, involving the NZ $396.2 million sale of its loan book to NZX-listed company Allied Farmers Limited
Shell on the New Zealand tax aspects of its divestment of Shell’s New Zealand downstream business by way of the sale of the shares in the New Zealand holding company for that business
large multinationals on the structuring of New Zealand acquisitions and dispositions
property investors in relation to GST offsets and disputes
KiwiSaver and PIE funds
banks, receivers and vendors on their tax obligations in respect of distressed asset
a large iwi organisation on its structuring and operations, and
charitable entities on their obligations with the Charities Commission and their income tax exemptions.