Hamish is a specialist tax lawyer advising New Zealand and international clients on a broad range of complex tax matters.
Hamish advises on mergers and acquisitions, business structuring and reorganisations, finance transactions, and Inland Revenue engagement. He works with clients across a range of industries on transactional, advisory and contentious tax matters, providing practical and commercially focused advice.
Recent highlights
- Advising The Todd Corporation on the tax aspects of the Te Rāhui solar project.
- Advising Aspire Systems on the cross-border acquisition of Assurity Consulting, a New Zealand software consulting business, and its 33% shareholding in Surety Solutions in Australia.
- Advising bank clients on obtaining binding rulings for regulatory capital purposes.
- Advising a multinational client throughout the Inland Revenue statutory disputes process in relation to a transfer pricing dispute.
- Advising on significant mergers and acquisitions transactions, including tax due diligence, contract negotiation and post-restructure advice.
