Dentons New Zealand

Corporate and Commercial law, Insolvency and Restructuring

Partner

David is a senior partner in our corporate and commercial team. He has over 40 years’ experience he has considerable expertise in transactional work involving mergers and acquisitions, investment structuring and in advising on risk and governance issues that arise. He is a highly-respected and trusted partner to both business and public entities.

He advises listed and unlisted companies (locally and internationally), central and local government, and a wide variety of business organisations on a range of complex matters that impact an organisation. He has particular expertise in transactions in the infrastructure, transportation and energy sectors.

David regularly advises on asset and share transactions and has transactional expertise in the Takeovers Code and New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Regulations. When advising on such transactions he will often have responsibility for undertaking and project managing legal due diligence of the business, assets and/or shares being sold or acquired and provide advice on the funding and structuring of such transactions and investment vehicle.

In corporate finance matters David’s experience includes equity and debt raising, asset finance, receivables and trade finance and restructuring & insolvency. He acts for borrowers, financiers and receivers in assessing stressed businesses and assets and in developing strategies for realisations and managing risk.

For local authorities and council owned organisations, David often provides legal guidance on significant commercial projects which relate to infrastructure and services provided to communities. He has an active practice in the sector, with insights of the issues relating to governance of local authorities and the funding models available to them.

English

David is a member of INSOL New Zealand and the Institute of Directors.

LLB, Victoria University of Welington (1981) LLM, (Hons, First Class),

Victoria University of Wellington (1995) Admission date: June 1981