Jo Carrick-Anderson

Jo is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with more than 10 years’ experience advising clients on a range of matters.

Jo advises a broad variety of clients both in New Zealand and overseas, across multiple sectors including forestry, transport, healthcare, and technology.  Her clients include Southern Cross Healthcare, Rangatira Investments, Next Capital, and OneFortyOne Plantations.

She specialises in helping clients with private company mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures and other shareholder arrangements (including private equity investments) and in advising on Overseas Investment Office (OIO) matters and consent applications.  She regularly assists clients with general corporate matters including company administration, corporate governance, and drafting commercial arrangements.  She also advises on securities law, including initial public offerings (IPOs), capital raisings, and compliance issues.

Jo’s forestry expertise includes advising on the $1.2 billion acquisition of Nelson Forests by OneFortyOne Plantations.  Her health sector expertise includes advising Southern Cross Healthcare on a number of acquisitions and joint ventures, along with advising Rangatira on its acquisition of Boulcott Hospital from PEP.  In the technology space, Jo has advised both investors and tech companies on various capital raisings and most recently has assisted the founder of The Mind Lab with the sale of a 50% interest.

Jo is praised by clients for being responsive, proactive, and reliable and for her attention to detail.  She has been described by one client as “a high quality professional and so responsive”, whilst others “really value the speed and quality of [Jo’s] counsel”.  She works to understand her clients and deliver practical, pragmatic advice, communicating complex issues in an easy-to-understand way.  Jo is also recognised for her friendly and collaborative approach with other advisers, who appreciate her responsiveness and organisation to ensure transactions are completed smoothly.

 Jo has authored and co-authored a number of articles, particularly in the overseas investment (OIO) space.