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Chapman Tripp is known in the market as the quality firm. We craft the right solutions: they are creative, innovative and above all, commercially focused. Over the last year we have continued to advise on many market-leading transactions. Some of our recent highlights include:

Advising Telecom on the design build and lease agreement for its new head office building in Auckland. This is one of the largest single tenancy transactions in New Zealand.

Advising on the establishment of the Goldman Sachs JBWere Trans-Tasman Private Equity Fund 07 – the third private equity fund that Chapman Tripp has worked with Goldman Sachs JBWere to help put together, after its Hauraki No.1 and No.2 funds.

Advising Antipodean Supermarkets (a subsidiary of the UK’s William Pears Group) on its purchase of a 50% share of ASX-listed Macquarie Countrywide’s NZ$200 million portfolio of 18 supermarkets throughout New Zealand, to add to Antipodean’s existing portfolio of New Zealand supermarkets. The deal is one of the largest property transactions in New Zealand in the last 12 months.

Acting for Telecom on its 49% stake in the joint venture between Xtra and Yahoo!7

Successfully representing Diagnostic Medlab in its legal challenge to have a $560m pathology contract set aside on the basis of an unfair tender process.

Acting for PepsiCo Inc. on its acquisition of Bluebird Foods from Burns Philp for NZ$245m.

Acting for Pacific Equity Partners on its acquisition (in joint venture with CCMP Capital Advisors) of Independent Liquor New Zealand.

Acting for Billabong Australia on its acquisition of the Amazon retail chain in New Zealand.

Acting for Goldman Sachs JBWere Private Equity’s Hauraki No.1 Fund, Hunter Powell Investments and Mainfreight on the sale of Hirepool to a consortium led by Next Capital for NZ$172m.

Acting for Catalyst Investment Managers on its acquisition of Metropolitan Glass & Glazing Group.

Advising Danone on its sale of New Zealand’s leading biscuit company, Griffins Foods, to Australia’s Pacific Equity Partners for around NZ$385m.

Acting for HJ Heinz Company on its sale of Tegel Foods to Australia's Pacific Equity Partners for NZ$250m.

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Alternative dispute resolution
Asia and Australia
Aviation

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Banking

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Commercial property and real estate
Company and commercial law
Competition law and trade practices
Construction and engineering law
Consumer law and trade practices

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Defamation
Dispute Resolution

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E-commerce
Electricity
Electronic banking/EFTPOS
Employment law
Energy - oil and gas
Environment and resource management

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Fisheries
Forestry

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Government Relations

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Health

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Information technology
Insurance law
Intellectual property
International trade

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Legislative drafting
Local government

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Managed funds
Maritime law
Media law
Mergers, acquisitions and takeovers

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Overseas investment in New Zealand

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Private equity and venture capital
Public law

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Regulatory Law
Resource management and environment
Restructuring and insolvency

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Securities law
Sports law
Structured finance and capital markets
Superannuation

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Taxation
Telecommunications
Tourism
Transport
Treaty of Waitangi
Trusts

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Venture capital and private equity

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