Our work

Amora Group
Acting for the Amora Group in its acquisition of the Duxton Hotel chain in New Zealand.

Millennium and Copthorne Hotels
Advising on a range of corporate and property-related transactions.

Rotorua Lakeside Resort Limited
Advised on the sale of land, buildings and hotel operations of the Hotel Ibis and Royal Lakeside Novotel to Tourism Asset Holdings Limited, a specialist hotel-owning fund owned by Accor.

Glenora Estate
Acting for Hong Kong investors in the acquisition of iconic Waiheke Island Glenora Estate boutique hotel, vineyard and adjoining properties.

Puka Park Resort
Acting for Tainui Group Holdings in its sale of Pauanui's Puka Park Resort to A.P.V.C. Limited of Australia.

InterCity Group
Acting successfully for passenger transport and tourism company InterCity Group over the domain name www.intercity.co.nz which had been unfairly registered by another party. The domain was ordered to be returned.

Hertz
Advised as New Zealand counsel on the global acquisition of US Hertz rental car group by consortium of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity.

SKYCITY
Advising SKYCITY Entertainment Group on numerous transactions including its acquisition of an (indirect) 40.5% interest in Christchurch Casino Limited; acquisition of a 50.1% stake in SKYCITY Leisure and its subsequent underwriting of a public offer of mandatory convertible notes; its takeover offer for all of the outstanding securities of SKYCITY Leisure; and on its public offer of capital notes.

Reading Cinemas
Acting for Reading Cinemas in its acquisition of Palms Cinemas and in its circuit acquisition of cinemas throughout New Zealand including Invercargill Multiplex, Kapiti Coast Multiplex, Porirua Multiplex, Rotorua Multiplex, and Napier Cinemas.

Department of Internal Affairs
Advised the Department on a NZ$35 million contract for the design, build, testing, operation and management of a system to enable daily electronic monitoring of all non-casino gaming machines located in about 1,800 venues across New Zealand.