Brendan Brown

Partner

Practice Area:

Specialisations:

• Acting on acquisitions of New Zealand businesses and on acquisitions by New Zealand interests of offshore businesses. 
• Advising on financing of cross border acquisitions. 
• Providing advice on tax aspects of supply arrangements (including GST and withholding tax issues). 
• Advising on tax issues arising from foreign currency denominated transactions. 
• Representing clients in their dealings with Inland Revenue, including in connection with binding rulings and tax investigations. 
• Advising on, and representing clients, in connection with disputes and litigation with Inland Revenue. 
• Working directly with Inland Revenue officials on law reform issues and tax policy matters. 
• Acting for New Zealand and foreign banks in cross border structured financing transactions. 
• Advising multinationals on intra-group financing arrangements. 
• Advising on structured capital raisings, preference share financings, securitisations and other financing proposals. 
• Advising banks and other institutions on tax consequences of investment products and other retail banking products.