Bio

A key dealmaker for Russell McVeagh, with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures and overseas investment. Ben has acted on a number of significant transactions providing high quality legal advice to large scale, high-value corporations on complex financial transactions, including for Pacific Equity Partners, CPE Capital (formerly CHAMP Private Equity), The Riverside Company, Carlyle, Fonterra and Lion. He is trusted and highly valued for his ability to work cooperatively and achieve exceptional and commercially focused results. Ben has significant experience in advising receivers and administrators on restructuring and insolvency related M&A, and sponsors on infrastructure projects. He also advises on New Zealand's foreign investment laws, and in 2021 he co-authored the New Zealand chapter of the global publication Getting the Deal Through - Foreign Investment Review 2021.