Lauren Archer

Special Counsel Mātanga Ture

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Lauren Archer is a senior corporate and commercial lawyer with extensive experience advising on complex transactions and strategic business matters. Her practice spans mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity and capital markets transactions, overseas investment, commercial contracting and corporate governance.

Lauren acts for a broad range of New Zealand and international clients across diverse industries. She has advised on numerous acquisition and divestment transactions, including project managing detailed legal due diligence to identify key risks and commercial issues. Lauren regularly drafts and negotiates share subscription agreements, share sale agreements, and asset sale and purchase agreements.

She has significant expertise in the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) regime and regularly guides clients through the application process.

On the corporate structuring side, Lauren advises on the establishment of limited partnership investment structures and joint venture arrangements, with specialist experience in the forestry, carbon and renewable energy sectors.

In the retirement village and aged care sector, Lauren has acted on multiple transactions, including roll‑up acquisitions undertaken by New Zealand Aged Care Services and Heritage Lifecare.

Lauren takes a pragmatic and commercially focused approach, helping clients navigate complex legal issues with practical, solutions‑driven advice.

Lauren is a co‑author of LexisNexis Practical Business Law.

Career highlights

Advised Dai-ichi Life on the $1 billion acquisition of the Partners Life business.

Advised the shareholders of Pinnacle Corporation, a container logistics business, on its sale of ASX listed Qube Holdings.

Advised Eku Energy on its acquisition of a 300 MW battery energy storage project in New Zealand’s Waikato region from Helios Energy.

Advising Pan Pac Forest Products on multiple applications for overseas investment consent, including a forestry standing consent under the Overseas Investment Act, which became the first forestry standing consent granted in New Zealand.

Advising Z Energy, Todd Energy, Contact Energy and Genesis Energy on the establishment of the Forest Partners Limited Partnership – a limited liability partnership that invests in a forestry portfolio to sequester carbon.

Advising New Zealand Aged Care Services and Heritage Lifecare on the respective roll-ups of retirement villages and aged care facilities, including associated structuring and funding arrangements.

Advising a KiwiSaver Scheme provider on a series of investments into New Zealand businesses undertaken by its KiwiSaver funds.

Achievements and recognition
  • Leading Associate, Corporate and M&A, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
  • Recognised team, Corporate/Commercial, Chambers Asia-Pacific