Corporate and M&A

Russell McVeagh

The ‘highly capable, attentive and commercial’ team at Russell McVeagh acts for clients in their financial services, private equity, government, and infrastructure matters. The firm is well-versed in capital restructuring, joint ventures, divestments, and schemes of arrangement. David Raudkivi and Cath Shirley-Brown oversee the practice containing David Hoare and Mei-Fern Johnson, an expert in investments in infrastructure, technology, transport, and energy. Dan Jones is expert in transactions concerning the financial services and property sectors. Ben Paterson focuses on private equity transactions, while Joe Windmeyer specialises joint venture and securities.

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Testimonials

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‘Cath Shirley-Brown is a very responsive, pragmatic and timely responder.’
‘The Russell McVeagh team are highly capable, attentive and commercial.’
‘Ben Paterson is always reachable and has a very commercial approach.’
‘A deep practice, truly "full service" with great client focus.’
‘David Raudkivi is our "go to" partner in the team. He has a deep understanding of the public markets and the private M&A landscape and is able to apply a balanced, risk based approach to his advice. ’
‘Very pragmatic and no-nonsense approach with quality advice and diligent execution.’
'Excellent pragmatic and commercial advice that puts the client first.'

Key clients

QIC Private Capital
Pacific Equity Partners
National Australia Bank
Bostock Group
Mobil Oil
Genesis Energy
UDC Finance Ltd
Holcim New Zealand Limited
Torpedo 7, The Warehouse Group
Macquarie
Meridian Energy
The Riverside Company
Invocare Limited
Intellihub Limited
Fonterra Cooperative Group
Goodman (NZ) Limited

Work highlights

Advised QIC Private Capital on its acquisition of 50% of Vector Limited's New Zealand and Australian metering business.
Advised Pacific Equity Partners on its acquisition of 100% of the share in New Zealand Holdco 2018 Limited, the holding company of UP Education Limited.
Advising National Australian Bank Limited on the proposed transaction under which NAB and Jarden Wealth have agreed to combine their New Zealand wealth advice and asset management businesses into a newly formed entity, 'FirstCape'.

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