Professional Qualifications

Areas of expertise

• The purchase of Marstel Terminals by Stolt-Neilsen
• The sale of ABC to Kidicorp
• The sale of Yarrows the Bakers to a private investor
• Advising Direct Capital in their acquisition of Scales Corporation from South Canterbury Finance Limited (in receivership) and Hornchurch Limited (in receivership)
• The sale of HRV to a new company backed by Equity Partners (an Australian Private Equity provider)
• The sale of Cynotech Systems Limited to Wright Communications
• The sale of Spandex Asia Pacific Limited to Total Supplies
• The sale of a number of divisions of TR Corporation (backed by Advent Capital) to various buyers
• The purchase of Cooks Food Group (including the Diamond Pasta and DYC Vinegar brands) by Wilson Food Group
• Acted for a bidder for the Taharoa iron-sands mine
• The sale of Packsys Limited to Aperio (backed by Catalyst Capital)
• Advised the board of independent directors of CanWest MediaWorks (NZ) Limited on the takeover offer made for it by Ironbridge Capital
• The sale of Amdel to Bureau Veritas Australia
• The purchase of a number of companies by Duffill Watts & King Limited (now called CPG)
• The purchase of PPL by Elldex Packaging (a Hellaby Holdings company)
• The purchase of iHug by Vodafone
• The purchase of Duffill Watts & King by Downer EDI Limited
• The sale of Argenta to ANZ Capital
• The sale of Apollo Marketing to Aegis Carat
• The purchase of Amdel by Champ Ventures
• The purchase of Hutchinsons Food Group by Champ Private Equity
• The sale of Evergreen Forests to James Fielding Funds Management
• The sale of Berill Control Systems Limited to ANZ Private Equity
• Neil was seconded to HSBC New Zealand in 2003/2004 where he advised on all aspects of their purchase of the AMP retail banking portfolio

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