Gillian advises a wide range of corporate clients on acquisitions, divestments, corporate securities and company law. Gillian manages due diligence processes and provides due diligence reviews and advice for a range of different industries and transaction types. Gillian also advises on NZX listings, debt raising and on-going listing rule compliance.
Gillian has significant experience on taxation issues, including corporate group restructurings and cross-border transactions.
Examples of significant transactions:
- Advising GreenBox Group Limited (Australia) on an A$5 million capital raising
utilising the Securities (Mutual Recognition of Securities Offerings – Australia)
Regulations 2008.
- Advising on manufacturing, supply and export contracts for high-tech engineering
products for export to the United States and Asia.
- Drafting research and licensing agreements in respect of pharmaceutical patents and
product formulations.
- Advising on the terms of Security Trust Deeds for financing over business assets held
in New Zealand.
- Advising TMA Group (Australia) on its acquisition of Premier Print Limited.
- Advising on the acquisition of the Sportways Group.
- Advising a leading provider of services to the international pharmaceutical industry in tendering its IP to major global pharmaceutical companies. Gillian’s role included managing the tender documentation and the due diligence process and drafting the Sale and Purchase Agreement and ongoing Supply Agreements.
- Acting for Hikurangi Forest Farms Limited on its joint venture with a major New Zealand port for the provision of log debarking services, including advice on structuring and service terms.
- Advising an NZSX listed company of its proposed divestment, by competitive tender, of a major business division, including confidentiality arrangements, drafting the Sale and Purchase Agreement and managing due diligence process.
- Legal Advisor to the BMW ORACLE Racing America’s Cup Syndicate, advising on sponsorship, technology, intellectual property, employment and commercial negotiations and dispute resolution.
- Advising ABN AMRO Rothschild in its role as underwriter of Rural Portfolio Investments Securities Limited offer of redeemable preference shares.
- Advising Pacific Brands Limited on the New Zealand aspects of its Australasian IPO (initial public offering) and its admission as an overseas listed issuer on the NZSX (raising approximately A$1.2 billion). Gillian managed the New Zealand aspects of the project, including preparing the offer document and managing due diligence of the New Zealand business.
- Advising Repco Corporation Limited on the New Zealand aspects of its IPO and dual primary listing on the NZSX and ASX (raising approximately A$400 million).
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