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Callum Burnett
Senior Associate
Auckland
Tax
+64 9 367 8080 DDI [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-burnett-52a929106/
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Callum Burnett is a senior associate in Russell McVeagh's Tax practice. He has extensive experience advising on corporate and international tax matters, including public and private M&A, private equity transactions, banking and finance transactions, and real estate and construction projects. Callum has also guided clients through New Zealand tax disputes and tax litigation.

Callum rejoined Russell McVeagh in 2025 after three years working in New York for top global law firms Kirkland & Ellis and Clifford Chance, where he advised on several high-profile transactions.

Prior to working in New York, Callum obtained a Master of Laws from New York University, specializing in International Taxation. He was awarded the Flora S. And Jacob L. Newman Award (as the joint top graduate of the International Tax LLM), and was a Gerald L. Wallace Fund Scholar and William Georgetti scholarship recipient.

*Callum's New Zealand Practising Certificate renewal is pending Law Society confirmation.

Related expertise

Tax
Banking & Finance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Real Estate & Property
Construction
Experience

Callum's experience prior to rejoining Russell McVeagh in 2025 includes advising:

  • Private equity fund sponsors on portfolio company acquisitions, divestments, debt-financing and add-on transactions, including:
    • Carlyle (NASDAQ:CG) on its US$3.8 billion carve-out acquisition of global medtech company Baxter International Inc.'s (NYSE:BAX) kidney care segment (now known as Vantive).
    • Butterfly Equity on the US$1.95 billion take-private acquisition of premier luxury wine company The Duckhorn Portfolio Inc. (formerly NYSE:NAPA).
    • Apax Partners on the strategic investment by Apax Digital Funds in information security platform IANS Research; and the sale by Apax portfolio company Lexitas of Registered Agent Solutions Inc. to Wolters Kluwer for approx. US$415 million.
    • BlackRock and Silver Point Finance on their US$350 million private debt financing for Australian steel manufacturer InfraBuild.
    • Greenbriar Equity Group on the acquisition of Sparkstone Electrical Group; and the acquisition of aircraft maintenance and repair business Sunvair Inc.
  • GIC on its US$15 billion US data centre joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Equinix Inc.
  • Perficient (formerly NASDAQ:PRFT) on its US$3 billion take-private acquisition by EQT.
  • Private equity fund sponsors regarding fund formation and capital raising transactions, including Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Northampton Capital Partners, Generation Investment Management and others.
  • Nord Anglia Education on the acquisition of schools in New York and São Paulo to its global network.
  • ANZ Bank New Zealand on the sale of its asset finance business, UDC Finance Limited, to Japan's Shinsei Bank for NZ$762 million.
  • Non-New Zealand clients on applications under the tax treaty Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) with respect to transfer pricing disputes.
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