MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Corporate and M&A

Partner

Mark is a market leading corporate lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity transactions. He is also an expert in overseas investment laws, corporate governance advice, shareholder agreements, and employee shareholding arrangements.

Mark is the lead lawyer on a number of New Zealand’s most significant deals. His expertise in complex transactions is sought after by many of New Zealand’s top investment bankers, leading private equity firms, and large local and international corporates. Mark’s blue-chip clients include Next Capital, Westpac, Brookfield Asset Management, MediaWorks, Bupa Group, Ngāi Tahu Corporation, ANZ, Campbell Global, RMS LLC, NZ Bus, Metlifecare, and Southern Cross Hospitals Group.

Valued by clients for his strong industry knowledge and relationships, Mark applies his M&A and private equity skills across multiple sectors. He is especially renowned for his expertise in transactions in the forestry, health/aged care, transport, media, and financial services sectors.

His forestry expertise includes advising on some of New Zealand’s largest forestry transactions, including the $1.2bn acquisition of Nelson Forests by Campbell Global/OneFortyOne Plantations.

In the health and aged care sector, Mark has advised on a string of high profile transactions, including Metlifecare’s acquisition of a portfolio of retirement villages and aged care homes from the Selwyn Foundation, Bupa’s sale of a number of its care homes and retirement villages to Adamantem owned Heritage Lifecare, and the sale of its rehabilitation and dental businesses (to companies owned by PEP and BGH respectively). Mark also advised Southern Cross Hospitals on a number of acquisitions and joint ventures, and Rangatira on its acquisition of Boulcott Hospital from PEP.

LLB, University of Canterbury

BCom, University of Canterbury