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Prosecution Of Former Ports Chief Executive Now Underway
Monday, 29 April 2024, 9:51 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
This is the first prosecution of an officer of a major company, with prior prosecutions against officers initiated by the Regulator tending to involve small closely held companies or similar organisations, where the officers in question were much closer ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises Leading Geothermal Software Provider, Flow State Solutions, On Global Sale
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 10:00 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Industry leader in geothermal simulation software, Flow State Solutions, has sold the Flow State Solutions business to Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company. Bentley Systems, an infrastructure engineering software company, is used by organisations ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises Leading Tax Tech Company, DataTorque, On PE Investment By Simplicity
Monday, 7 August 2023, 12:10 pm | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Leading tax technology company, DataTorque has sold a minority stake to Simplicity, New Zealand’s non-profit KiwiSaver and Investment Fund manager’s private equity fund. Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts acted for DataTorque on the sale of ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises Highland Europe On Its Investment In Ortain
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 10:37 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
United Kingdom venture capital firm, Highland Europe has led a funding round raising USD57million for investment in Ortain, a Dunedin-originated, and now global leader in forensic supply chain traceability. Long Ridge Equity Partners, Ortain’s existing ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises Channel Infrastructure On Conditional Sale Of Decommissioned Refinery Assets
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 2:43 pm | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Channel Infrastructure has entered into an Asset Sale Agreement with US-based Seadra Energy Incorporated, granting Seadra Energy an option to purchase certain permanently decommissioned parts of the former refinery. Leading law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Welcomes The Supporters Of Tiritiri Matangi As Its New Community Investment Partner
Monday, 12 June 2023, 10:35 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
MinterEllisonRuddWatts is delighted to welcome the Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi (SoTM) to its community investment programme. The leading law firm is the first and only corporate to partner with the SoTM. The firm is delighted to be able to support ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises Toka Tū Ake EQC On The First New Zealand Originated Catastrophe Bond
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 9:28 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Toka Tū Ake EQC today announced the placement of a NZD225 million catastrophe bond by Singapore domiciled special purpose reinsurance vehicle, Totara Re Pty Ltd, in the first catastrophe bond (cat bond) transaction originated out of New Zealand. ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises Mercury NZ On New Zealand’s Largest Wind Farm
Monday, 29 May 2023, 3:26 pm | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
MinterEllisonRuddWatts is proud to have advised Mercury NZ in the delivery of its nationally significant Turitea Wind Farm Project . The project is another step towards a sustainable, low emissions future for Aotearoa New Zealand. Now complete, Turitea ... More >>
Market-first Tourism Holdings Merger With Australian Apollo Tourism & Leisure Gets Green Light
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 11:53 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
NZX-listed tourism operator, Tourism Holdings Limited ( thl) and ASX-listed Apollo Tourism & Leisure (Apollo) have completed their merger following the implementation of the Scheme of Arrangement in Australia last week. thl is a premier New Zealand ... More >>
Top-tier Law Firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts Welcomes Two New Partners
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 1:37 pm | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Leading New Zealand law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts has welcomed two new partners in its mid-year promotions, further bolstering the firm’s capabilities in both environment law and litigation and dispute resolution practices. Chief Executive ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Announced NZ Deal Firm Of The Year
Friday, 20 May 2022, 11:56 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts was named New Zealand Deal Firm of the Year at this year’s Australasian Law Awards overnight. Corporate Partner Silvana Schenone also took out top honours, being named New Zealand Dealmaker of the Year ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Continues To Strengthen Corporate And Commercial Offering
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 9:52 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Leading New Zealand law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts is delighted to announce two new partners joining the firm’s top tier Corporate team. The new partners further bolster the market-leading team’s capabilities in competition and consumer law ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises Ritchies Transport On Its Sale To US Global Investment Firm, KKR
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 6:36 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Global investment firm, KKR has reached agreement to buy New Zealand bus and coach company, Ritchies Transport. Ritchies Transport, founded in 1935 and with its origins in South Canterbury, is one of the largest transport providers in New Zealand, with ... More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts advises Global Marketplace on GrabOne acquisition
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 10:59 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Tanarra Capital backed Global Marketplace, which owns e-commerce events business Click Frenzy, online marketplace Click Central and publisher and e-commerce data platform Power Retail, has reached agreement to buy GrabOne’s business and assets ... More >>
Silvana Schenone Named New Zealand Dealmaker At Australasian Law Awards 2021
Thursday, 17 June 2021, 2:44 pm | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
MinterEllisonRuddWatts' Head of Corporate and Partner Silvana Schenone’s exceptional deal making skills were once again applauded at this year’s Australasian Law Awards. Silvana Schenone was named New Zealand Dealmaker of the Year at the prestigious awards. ... More >>
Leading Law Firm Advises On Infratil’s Majority Stake Acquisition Of Pacific Radiology Group
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 9:30 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Top law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, has advised ANZ, CBA and MUFG as the mandated lead arrangers/underwriters on the debt financing of Infratil Limited’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Pacific Radiology Group Limited. Pacific Radiology is New ... More >>
Sale Of Regional Asset Brings Job Security To Hundreds
Friday, 4 June 2021, 6:02 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, is delighted to have advised longstanding client SIG Combibloc on the sale of Whakatane Mill Limited to a consortium of investors led by European investor Dr Dermot Smurfit. Deloitte also advised SIG Combibloc on ... More >>
Financing New Zealand’s Infrastructure And Improved Social Outcomes
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 3:59 pm | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
To grow the economy and improve social outcomes, New Zealand needs sustained and ongoing investment in and improvements to its infrastructure. Last year’s budget did not allocate sufficient funding to address the infrastructure deficit which is ... More >>
Westpac Demerger: What Does That Mean For NZ Inc.?
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 5:42 pm | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
In recent days, Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC) announced it is considering a demerger of its New Zealand business. On 24 March 2021, WBC issued the following media release: As part of Westpac’s fix, simplify and perform strategy we have ... More >>
A New Landscape Favouring M&A Activity In 2021
Friday, 29 January 2021, 9:14 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Following a roller coaster year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2020, New Zealand’s comparative success with its COVID-19 response is likely to favour acquisition activity in New Zealand in the year ahead. That is the prediction from ... More >>