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Vanessa Syme

Consultant
Auckland
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DDI:        +64 9 353 9929
Mobile:   +64 21 665 835
FAX:        +64 9 353 9701
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Vanessa is a corporate and commercial lawyer who provides legal advice on securities, commercial contracts, employee share purchase schemes, logistics, mergers, business acquisitions, and corporate migrations.

Professional Qualifications

LLB Otago University of Otago, 1992
BCom University of Otago, 1991

Areas of expertise

Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate and Commercial
Capital Markets
Private Equity

Vanessa is a consultant in our corporate and commercial team who specialises in business acquisitions, joint venture arrangements, commercial contracts, logistics, and corporate migrations. Vanessa has been involved in a number of private equity transactions.

Some of Vanessa's major projects
  • Acting for Anchorage Capital Partners Pty Limited on its acquisition of Burger King in New Zealand
  • Advising Next Capital on its acquisition of Healtheries in New Zealand
  • Advising Next Capital on its acquisition of the Nutra-life business in Australia and New Zealand
  • Acting for Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited in relation to the establishment of its centralised logistics centre in Te Rapa
  • Advising Ports of Auckland in relation to the establishment of its inland port at Wiri
Memberships and directorships

Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales
 
Work history
 
Consultant, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Auckland (1997 - current)
Solicitor, Clifford Chance, London (1994 - 1997)
Solicitor, Rudd Watts & Stone (now Minter Ellison Rudd Watts), Auckland (1992 - 1994)




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