Able to draw on its consulting talents beyond purely legal, PwC Legal New Zealand advises on multi-jurisdictional public and private transactions, including reorganisations, share schemes, securities, and corporate transactions. The firm contains specialists in technology, health, energy, and infrastructure, meaning it is able to tailor its advice to the matter. Leading out of Christchurch, Claire Evans specialises in advising limited partnerships and investments funds, whilst Joelle Grace is noted as ‘talented, practicable, commercial lawyer’ focusing on inbound investment. The Auckland-based practice heads are Matt Keenan and Tom Logan are experts in energy and retail respectively.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Good commercial skills ensure the team is able to understand the brief and respond with an appropriate agreement.’
‘Kristina Sutherland is responsive, has good understanding and excellent querying to get to the guts of the brief.’
Key clients
- Tū Ātea (Interim Maori Spectrum Authority)
- STILL Group
Work highlights
- Advised Futureverse Corporation Limited (an NFT and blockchain technology business) in relation to a series of bolt on investment transactions following their establishment in 2023.
- Advised Tū Ātea (Māori Spectrum & Telecommunications Services) on its acquisition of the Broadtech business from The Broadtech Group Limited, the first transaction by the IMSC leveraging its spectrum assets.