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The 2026 INFINZ Award finalists have been announced, recognising excellence, leadership and innovation across New Zealand’s financial services sector.
Chapman Tripp is pleased to have acted on 9 of the 18 transactions involving clients shortlisted across multiple categories, reflecting the breadth and quality of activity across New Zealand’s capital markets, debt markets and M&A landscape. We are also pleased to work alongside clients recognised for their ESG initiatives.
The shortlisted transactions we advised on include:
NZ equity market transaction of the year
- Precinct Properties – $325m equity raise via an underwritten placement and non-underwritten share purchase plan
M&A transaction of the year
- Contact Energy’s $2.6b acquisition of Manawa Energy
- Acquisition of Marsden Maritime Holdings and merger with Northport
Mid-market M&A transaction of the year
- Merger of Forest360 and PF Olsen, supported by Adamantem Capital
- Internalisation of Vital Healthcare management contract ($214m) from Northwest Healthcare Properties
NZ debt market issue of the year
- Community Housing Funding Agency - Inaugural offer of $200m social bonds
Debt deal of the year
- Powerco – Syndicated bank loan facility
- Spark New Zealand – Sale of its interest-free receivables book to Challenger Investment Management
Mid-market debt transaction of the year
- Burnt Hill Storage – Financing of the Wrights Road storage project
Corporate ESG award
- Infratil
- Westpac
These finalists demonstrate the breadth of high-quality transactions across New Zealand’s capital markets and infrastructure sectors, as well as the continued strength of mid-market deal activity. Chapman Tripp’s involvement across these shortlisted transactions reflects the firm’s ongoing role in supporting many of New Zealand’s most significant capital markets, M&A and financing deals.
We congratulate all finalists and acknowledge the clients and teams involved in these transactions. We look forward to the INFINZ Awards Gala Dinner next month.
