Jeremy is a financial services and investment lawyer with expertise in managed funds, securities law, and alternative assets including private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and property investment.
Professional Qualifications
Certificat d'Etudes Juridiques Françaises et. Normandes l’Universite de Caen, 2004 PGDipEcon London (CeFIMs) 2003 LLM (Hons First Class) University of Auckland, 1999 LLB (Hons) University of Auckland, 1996 BA University of Auckland, 1996
Jeremy has a broad range of legal expertise, with a focus on managed funds, financial services regulation, securities law and alternative assets (private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and property investment).
Jeremy has special expertise in limited partnerships, helping to establish the first New Zealand venture capital fund structured as a limited partnership (Pioneer Capital Partners I LP) including negotiating its co-investment arrangements with the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund. He also helped to launch the EY NZ Absolute Return Association hedge fund index for boutique hedge fund managers in New Zealand.
In addition to New Zealand, Jeremy is admitted to practise in England and Wales, the Cayman Islands and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
Some of Jeremy's major projects
Managed Funds
Structuring, establishing and advising retail and wholesale managed funds including unit trusts (including PIEs and cash PIEs), limited partnerships, investment companies, managed accounts and master-feeder structures
Structuring, establishing and advising offshore funds (Guernsey and Cayman)
Negotiating co-investment arrangements with major institutions, including the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
Advising investment and fund management companies, administrators, trustees/custodians and prime brokers, including drafting standard management and administration contracts
Financial services and securities law
Advising on financial services regulation in New Zealand for local and offshore clients
Advising and reviewing documentation with respect to public and private offers of securities in New Zealand, including offers of Australian registered managed investment schemes and wholesale funds in New Zealand
Advising on securities law implications of major property developments
Advising on the laws relating to futures dealers
Corporate and Commercial
Mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on private equity and venture capital due diligence and investment.
Advising with respect to the Overseas Investment Act 2005
Advising growth companies
Memberships and directorships
New Zealand Venture Capital Association
New Zealand Absolute Return Association
French New Zealand Business Council (former Board member)
Seminars and publications
“Investing in private offers of securities” New Zealand Investor Magazine, October 2011
“Lawyers get a big bill”, New Zealand investor Magazine, September 2011
“Financial adviser in court”, New Zealand investor magazine, August 2011
“Get in on the act”, New Zealand Investor Magazine, July 2011
“Tackling the grey areas: Examining the proposed exemptions for private offers under new securities law”, Conferenz, 7th Annual Securities Law Update, July 2011
"Code Read: 7 issues from a legal perspective" - ASSET Magazine, May 2010
"Effective Fund Due Diligence", Conferenz, Asset Allocation and Portfolio Management Summit, April 2010
Co-author of "Legal Due Diligence on Funds for Institutional Investors", Conferenz, 10thAnnual Super Funds Conference, March 2009
"Introduction to Limited Partnerships", Conferenz , Banking & Financial Services Law Conference, September 2008
"The Limited Partnerships Agreement", Conferenz, Limited Partnerships Bill Update, March 2008
"Substantial Security Holder Disclosure", Lexis Nexis, Securities Law & Capital Markets Update, September 2007
"Accidents at the Intersection of Property and Securities Law" - NZ Property Magazine, September 2007
"Third Party Rights and Stipulation pour Autrui in Modern Guernsey Law" - Jersey Law Review 233, 2006(with William Simpson)
"The Droit de Division in Modern Guernsey Law: Application to Co-Guarantors only or to Co-Obligors Generally?" Jersey Law Review 208, 2005 (with William Simpson)
Jeremy and has written numerous "Corporate Counsel" and "Finance Update" newsletters, including on Overseas Investment Act and Financial Advisers Act issues
