Roger is a partner focusing on corporate and securities law.
Roger advises on business reorganisations, public offers, corporate takeovers, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and shareholder agreements, regulatory compliance and general corporate law issues.
Roger is a member of the Takeovers Panel and the New Zealand Institute of Directors, and the executive of the Listed Companies Association. He is the former Chairman of the NZX Legal and Regulatory Advisory board. Roger is also a member of Chapman Tripp's Board.
Roger won both the 2010 and 2011 International Law Office General Corporate Client Choice Award and is ranked as a top tier restructuring and insolvency lawyer by independent legal directory IFLR1000 2011.
Recent experience
Roger has advised:
- Metlifecare on its $789m merger with Private Lifecare Holdings and Vision Senior Living, in conjunction with the sell down of shares by Retirement Villages New Zealand through a retail offer
- Mighty River Power on the corporate finance and offer structure aspects of its upcoming IPO as part of the New Zealand Government’s Mixed Ownership Model programme
- the directors of unlisted company Norfolk Investments, 60% owner of Grace Hospital in Tauranga, in relation to the successful $23.5m full takeover by NZX listed Wakefield Health
- Heartland Building Society and PGG Wrightson on defeasance of PGG Wrightson Finance's $92.3m listed bonds and secured debenture stock to Heartland, including re-quotation of the listed bonds
- APN Media on its retail bond issue and NZDX listing
- Ecoya on the $20m acquisition of Trilogy Natural Products, following on from on its IPO and NZSX listing
- Bayer AG on the acquisition of New Zealand's largest privately owned animal health company Bomac Group, and
- The Business Bakery and Pioneer Capital on the acquisition of a controlling stake in boutique beer company, Moa Brewing Company.