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Peter Missingham | Partner
Direct: +64 9 375 1141
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Phone: +64 9 379 4196
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Areas of Practice

Mergers & Acquisitions

Takeovers & NZX

 

Qualifications

LLB (Hons), University of Auckland (1995).

BA (Hons). Manchester University (1987).

Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (1996).

 

 

 

Peter Missingham

Partner, Auckland

“I am results-focused in everything I do. I understand a good lawyer needs to be flexible.”

Peter is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Workgroup.  He specialises in all significant areas of corporate activity including:

  

*  mergers, acquisitions and disposals

*  joint ventures and company restructuring

*  IPOs, takeovers and public offers of securities

*  contract drafting and negotiation

*  general corporate advisory

  

This work has included acting for number of entities including:

 

CHAMP Private Equity in its acquisition of Manassen Foods

 

CHAMP Ventures in its acquisition of the Amdel Group

 

Evergreen Forests Limited in the sale of its New Zealand forestry assets

AREVA SA in the sale of its electrical and telecommunications services businesses in New Zealand and Australia

 

Subritzky Limited in the sale of its New Zealand shipping business

 

Fairfax Holdings Limited in its acquisition of the New Zealand publishing assets of Independent Newspapers Limited

 

Vector Limited in negotiating and drafting, and Vector’s entry into long-term Maintenance Agreements relating to Vector’s network

 

Carter Holt Harvey in its entry into a forest products export joint venture with the Central North Island Forestry Partnership

 

Greymouth Petroleum Limited in its acquisition of Shell’s interest in the Ngatoro and Kaimiro oil and gas fields

 

Telecom New Zealand Limited in its negotiation of, and entry into, a major outsourced telecommunications services agreement with Air New Zealand Limited

 

ING Property Trust in the establishment of that trust, its initial public offer of units and listing on the NZX.

  

Peter has also acted for various listed entities in relation to compliance with the NZX Listing Rules and the securities legislation, the drafting of Listing Rules and Securities Act exemptions and various offers of securities.