Lauded for its ability to ‘balance legal advice with pragmatic, commercial realities’, and grasp the ’key commercial issues in relation to M&A deals’, the team at Buddle Findlay is well-positioned to advise clients on the full spectrum of corporate mandates. The team has a track record of advising on complex transactions for both domestic and international clients, regularly drawing on the resources of the firm’s wider legal specialists. The ‘extremely talented’ Grant Dunn spearheads the Auckland-based group and has broad experience in leveraged cross-border M&A, public takeovers, schemes of arrangement, joint ventures and consortium arrangements. Mark Odlin leads the team from Christchurch and acts on the full gamut of corporate issues. The ’very commercial’ Nick Bragg is recommended for his experience across a broad range of M&A, capital markets and securities transactions, while Sarah McEwan is noted for her banking and finance expertise. Special counsel Benjamin Sutton is another name to note.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The Buddle Findlay team has a very good grasp of the key commercial issues in relation to M&A deals. They are right across the detail so you can have confidence that they have picked up the relevant issues in terms of due diligence and transaction documentation.’
‘Nick Bragg is very commercial and right across the detail so that you can be sure that relevant issues have been picked up rather than being left to more junior people in their teams.’
Key clients
- Brookfield
- Sky TV
Work highlights
- Advised Infratil on its equity rollover and co-investment in the NZ$1.7b One NZ (formerly Vodafone New Zealand) spinoff of the passive mobile towers business as part of a consortium together with leading global investor partners InfraRed Capital Partners and Northleaf Capital Partners.
- Advised Nestlé Health Science on its acquisition of The Better Health Company.