Qualifications
LLB (University of Canterbury); BCom Economics Major (University of Canterbury)
Admitted
2022
Matt specialises in corporate and commercial law with a particular focus on mergers and acquisition, corporate governance and commercial contracting.
He advises clients across a wide range of industries on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, joint venture and supply arrangements and general commercial law featuring a number of bespoke commercial agreements. He has particular experience in the retirement village and aged care sectors, agribusiness in New Zealand and the private healthcare sector.
Recent highlights
- Arvida Group on its NZ$1.243b scheme of arrangement with global infrastructure fund Stonepeak
- Arvida on its divestment of retirement villages and aged care facilities, including its recent divestments of Strathallan village and St Allisa aged care facility
- Ravensdown on constitutional matters, commercial arrangements and the divestment of its lime quarrying division
- ANZCO Foods on a range of key commercial contracts
- Hallenstein Glasson on corporate governance and other related matters, and
- The NZ Retirement Villages Association on proposed law reform to retirement villages legislation and other applicable laws.
