Qualifications
LLB, BCom (Hons), University of Otago
Admitted
2008, New Zealand; 2018, England & Wales
Alex is an experienced corporate lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity, equity capital markets, overseas investment advice, joint ventures, corporate restructuring projects and corporate governance.
Alex works across multiple sectors, with particular expertise in infrastructure, financial services, real estate and forestry. He also has extensive experience advising on management incentive arrangements and employee share schemes, including presenting “Insights into ESOPs” to the Law Association of New Zealand.
Prior to returning to New Zealand in 2020, Alex worked in London, UK and São Paulo, Brazil for eight years, including six years with magic circle firm Clifford Chance and two years as an independent legal consultant working on M&A and capital markets projects in Africa.
Recent highlights
- Advised Direct Capital on its investment in Hiway Group on the exit by The Riverside Company and its investment into Bayley Corporation.
- Advised Pepper Money on its acquisition of the NZ$1.4b prime residential mortgage portfolio from HSBC New Zealand.
- Advised Evolution Healthcare on the acquisition of ABI Rehabilitation.
- Advised Tauranga Crossing on the investment by Quayside Holdings.
- Advised Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on its NZ$900m acquisition of Spark New Zealand’s mobile towers business.
- Advised Z Energy on the $2b takeover by Ampol by way of scheme of arrangement.
- Advised Mercury on the $441m acquisition of the Trustpower retail business.
- Advised Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of the StraitNZ business including Bluebridge ferries.
- Advised ezyVet on the sale of its business to US-based IDEXX Laboratories.
