Joshua specialises in corporate and securities law, focusing on mergers & acquisitions.
With over eight years’ experience, he advises clients on a range of corporate and commercial matters including takeovers, mergers & acquisitions, private equity and LBOs, restructurings, joint ventures and capital markets transactions.
Joshua also counsels clients on a wide range of regulatory matters, such as issues arising under the NZX Listing Rules, the Takeovers Code or the overseas investment regime.
Joshua returned to Chapman Tripp following several years in New York as an Associate at leading New York firm, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, and is a member of the New York bar.
Prior to heading offshore, Joshua acted on a number of significant New Zealand transactions, including the merger of Pyne Gould Guinness and Wrightson and Rubicon’s partial takeover of Tenon.
Recent experience
Joshua has advised:
- PGG Wrightson on the sale of PGG Wrightson Finance to Heartland
- Comvita on its response to the Cerebos Pacific takeover offer
- Dorchester Pacific on its issue of convertible notes
- Ikon, the leading U.S. photocopier and associated services supplier, on its acquisition by Ricoh for US$2.4 billion and its US$295 million share buy-back
- The Container Store, a major U.S. retail chain, on its acquisition by Leonard Green & Partners, a private equity firm, and
- major U.S. banks as lenders’ counsel.