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Sam Kember
Senior Associate
Auckland
Corporate Advisory
+64 9 367 8116 DDI sam.kember@russellmcveagh.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-kember-31a4a3b6/
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Sam Kember is a senior associate in Russell McVeagh's Corporate Advisory Group. He has extensive experience in advising on New Zealand's foreign investment laws, public and private M&A, equity capital markets transactions, joint venture and shareholder arrangements, and general corporate advisory work.
 
Sam returned to Russell McVeagh in 2023 after four years working in London for Linklaters LLP, where he advised on a number of high-profile, multi-national public and private transactions. During his time overseas, Sam also spent time on secondment in the M&A team at AXA Group in Paris, where he was involved in a number of international transactions and corporate group matters.

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Corporate Advisory
Mergers & Acquisitions
Capital Markets
International Trade & Investment
Experience

Sam's recent experience includes advising:

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • CDPQ on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Connexa from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Spark.
  • The New Zealand Banking Association and each of the New Zealand retail banks on the joint venture establishment of GetVerified, the provider of confirmation of payee services in New Zealand.
  • Unilever on the €4.5 billion sale of Lipton Teas and Infusions (Unilever’s global tea business) to CVC Capital Partners.
  • CK Hutchison and Three UK on the proposed £15 billion merger between UK telecommunications companies Three and Vodafone.
  • ANZ on the sale of its New Zealand asset finance business, UDC Finance.
  • AXA Group on a number of international M&A transactions and internal corporate arrangements.
  • Fidelity Life on the $100 million cornerstone investment by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.
  • BHP on its strategic investment in technology companies I-Pulse and I-Rox.
  • Octopus Renewables on its €100 million acquisition of nine wind farms across the UK, Ireland and France from global renewable energy company Renewable Energy Systems.
  • A global for-profit education group on a minority private equity investment and global carveout.
  • AUB Group on its AU$880m acquisition of Tysers Insurance Brokers, a London-based Lloyd's wholesale insurance broker.
  • Nintex on its acquisition of Promapp, a leading business process management software company.
  • Spark on the acquisition of marketing automation business Ubiquity Software Limited.
  • Michelin on its acquisition of a 25% stake in tyre wholesaler Tyreline Distributors and retailer Beaurepaires.
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