MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Corporate and M&A

Special Counsel

Igor specialises in public mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and securities law. He assists listed companies with their most significant projects as well as their “business as usual” matters.

Igor enjoys working with his clients and other investment professionals to design and provide innovative solutions to achieve their goals. He advises local and foreign clients on public takeovers, initial public offerings (IPOs), public capital raisings, private placements, Overseas Investment Office (OIO) consents, employee share schemes, regulatory investigations, continuous disclosure issues, and listed company matters in general. He is widely regarded as an expert on public M&A, including the application of the Takeovers Code, Overseas Investment Act, and Financial Markets legislation.

He has advised some of New Zealand’s largest companies including MediaWorks, Tourism Holdings, Channel Infrastructure, The Warehouse, and NZ Merino, as well as large international clients including CITIC Capital and Brookfield Asset Management.

LLB, University of Auckland