Major transactions, commercial success
At Chapman Tripp our award-winning commercial lawyers are experts in all the disciplines required to advise New Zealand and international industry leaders. We work alongside our clients on issues that unlock shareholder value and change New Zealand’s corporate landscape. Our focus is on effective advice, clear-headed strategies and profitable outcomes for your business.
We advise on all aspects of corporate and commercial law. With New Zealand’s largest corporate and commercial group, we have built enduring client relationships and experience across the Australasian economy. The combination delivers high-value commercial results for our clients.
We have advised
- Telecom New Zealand on its three-way operational separation and on its NZ$1.1 billion capital return to shareholders via a shareholder approved scheme of arrangement.
- QIC Infrastructure on the NZ$400 million acquisition of a 50% interest in Powerco (New Zealand's second largest electricity and gas distribution business).
- Hyundai Hysco and Hyundai Rotem of Korea on their investments in the petroleum exploration and rail industries.
- Rio Tinto Aluminium and New Zealand Aluminium Smelters on their 18-year electricity price agreement with Meridian Energy for NZAS' Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter.
- Coles Group on the New Zealand law aspects of its AU$20b takeover by Wesfarmers.
- Fonterra on a wide spectrum of advice, including joint venture arrangements, business acquisitions and disposals, trade and competition law, legislative reform, resource management and property law.
- HSBC on the sale of its AMP-originated residential mortgage book valued at approx NZ$700 million to Kiwibank.
- Vector on the establishment of a joint venture with Siemens (NZ) to deliver advanced metering technology and operational services to customers throughout New Zealand.
- New Zealand Fast Forward Fund Limited on its funding and governance framework. The NZ$700 million fund's mandate is research, development and innovation in the future of New Zealand's pastoral and food industries.
- PGG Wrightson (New Zealand's largest rural services provider) on its various merger, partnering and other arrangements with other firms active in the primary sector.
- Platinum Asset Management on the New Zealand law aspects of its AU$561 million Australasian initial public offering.
- Maui Capital on the issue of NZ$231 million in the Indigo Fund, New Zealand's first limited partnership (2008).
- Boart Longyear on the New Zealand law aspects of its AU$250 million partial Australasian initial public offering.
- Fisher Funds on the NZ$103 million initial public offering and listing of Marlin Global (the largest capital raising in New Zealand in 2007).
- First NZ Capital Securities (lead manager) and Macquarie Securities (co-lead manager) on the NZ$224 million initial public offering of Opus International Consultants.
- NZX on securities law, market infrastructure and regulatory policy for NZX's TZ1 carbon credits market.
- The Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation on the establishment of iPredict.