Niels leads the firm's tax practice. He has considerable experience in taxation and financial planning.

His specific expertise includes corporate taxation, financial modelling and the wide field of employee remuneration. Niels' wide ranging experience includes advising major corporates on financial structuring, implications of forward sales commodities, structuring offshore subsidiaries, reorganisation of corporate structures, project finance, amalgamations and letter stock structural issues.

He has advised major banks on numerous financial structures and proposals including the development of financial instruments; cross-border leasing; finance structures; securitisation of mortgages and book debts; equity swaps; equity warrants; and sub-participation proposals.

A past convener of the New Zealand Law Society's Taxation Committee and regular presenter of papers on tax issues for the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, he is also a New Zealand tax reporter for the International Fiscal Association and author of the Employee Remuneration Handbook.

World Tax 2008 lists Niels as a leading tax practitioner. Niels is also listed as a leading individual in tax in Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007/2008, Who's Who Legal 2008 and PLC Which Lawyer? 2008, which describes him as "one of New Zealand's leading corporate tax lawyers".

Chambers Global 2008 ranks Niels as a leading tax lawyer, who leads a "heavy-hitting tax team".

Qualifications

BCom, LLB, University of Auckland

Admitted

1978 New Zealand

International Career

  • Nat West, Sydney
    1987-1990
  • KPMG, Sydney
    1982

Publications

Contact

Email: Niels Campbell

DDI: 64 9 916 8944

Mobile: 64 21 628 944

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Areas of Expertise

Recent Work

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Advised on tax aspects of aircraft cross-border leasing.

Credit Suisse
Advised on the first capital protected equity product to be accepted by the Inland Revenue Department under the recently introduced Fair Divided Rate offshore portfolio legislation.

Origin Energy
Advised on the tax implications of its Kupe gas project.

Woolworths (Australia) Limited
Advised on the tax aspects of Woolworths (Australia)'s  acquisition of Foodland Associated Limited's New Zealand business.

Pacific Equity Partners
Advised Australian-based private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners on the tax aspects purchase of Tegel Foods from H.J. Heinz Company worth NZ$250 million and on the purchase of biscuit company Griffins worth NZ$385 million.