Projects
Difficult and complex legal projects are our speciality.
Our project capabilities include:
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Complex/difficult negotiations |
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Major procurement programmes |
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Legal drafting projects including legislative and regulatory drafting |
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Leading M&A, investment and other corporate transactions |
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Establishment of public sector and public good entities |
Current and recent projects include:
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Acting for Vita New Zealand Limited on the acquisiton of Pacific Brands NZ's Home Comfort Group (including Dunlop foam, bedding and flooring businesses) |
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Acting for corporate and private investors in a number of corporate farming and property related ventures in New Zealand and Brazil |
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Advising Regional EDA on the establishment of Angel HQ, a Wellington angel investor club which will operate alongside Creative HQ |
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Advising the Ministry of Economic Development on the funding and (in conjunction with Right Hemishphere) establishment of Nextspace Foundation, an innovation incubator for New Zealand's 3D graphics industry |
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Acting for the Ministry of Justice on the drafting of arrangements with iwi in respect of the public foreshore and seabed under the Foreshore and Seabed Act |
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Acting for Accident Compensation Corporation on the reconfiguration, tendering and contracting of its outsourced IT operations services to Gen-i (one of New Zealand’s largest IT outsourcing arrangements) |
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Acting for Queenstown Lakes District Council on the acquisition of its outsourced regulatory services provider, Queenstown Lakes Regulatory Services Limited |
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Acting for the Ministry of Economic Development on its proposed auction of 2.3GHz spectrum |
Before establishing Simmonds Stewart, we ran some of New Zealand’s highest profile legal projects, including:
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Acting as Crown Negotiator in respect of the Crown's investment in Right Hemisphere in 2006 |
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Representing the Trade Me shareholders and directors on the sale to Fairfax in 2006 |
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Acting for Infratil on the acquisition of Stagecoach NZ |
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Acting for The Treasury on the acquisition of the Auckland Rail Network from Tranz Rail in 2001/2 |
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Acting for The Treasury on the Crown bailout of Tranz Rail in 2003 and the subsequent acquisition of the National Rail Network from Toll New Zealand in 2004 |
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Managing the team that carried out all of the legal work for the establishment of Kiwibank in 2001/2 (a one year project involving over 50 lawyers) |