Corporate Advisory Partners Ben Paterson, Cath Shirley-Brown and David Hoare have authored the New Zealand chapter of the Chambers and Partners Private Equity 2025 Global Practice Guide.
Their contribution offers a comprehensive overview of the key trends and defining features of private equity transactions in New Zealand. These typically involve the acquisition or disposal of a target business where either the buyer or seller is a special-purpose vehicle ultimately owned by one or more private equity funds managed or advised by a fund manager.
The guide spans over 50 jurisdictions and delivers up-to-date legal insights on mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, transaction structures, terms of acquisition documentation, public-to-private takeovers, mandatory offer thresholds, hostile takeover offers, management incentives, shareholder oversight and liability, and exit strategies including initial public offerings (IPOs).