Tayla Johnston
Senior Associate - Corporate and Commercial

Tayla has experience working for a broad range of clients based both in New Zealand and overseas and has advised on mergers and acquisitions, warranty & indemnity insurance, shareholder and subscription agreements, constitutions, joint venture agreements, corporate governance and general commercial matters.
Tayla also has significant expertise in the area of retirement village law, acting for statutory supervisors and operators.
Professional background
Recent work
Sale of Ascot Radiology to Integral Diagnostics
Advised Aintree Finance Limited in respect of the sale of its operating subsidiary, Ascot Radiology Limited, to Integral Diagnostics New Zealand Limited.
Investment by NZ Equity Partners in HazardCo
Advised New Zealand Equity Partners in respect of its investment in HazardCo Holdings Limited.
Pencarrow backed MMC buying Aegis
Advised investment administration specialist MMC Group Holdings Limited in respect of their acquisition of Aegis Limited and Investment Custodial Services Limited. This deal expanded MMC’s service offering in the financial services administration sector.
Purchase of Southern Rehab by Habit Holdings
Advised Habit Holdings Limited on its acquisition of Rehab NZ Limited, extending Habit’s reach and increasing the group’s staff base and number of clinics.
Admitted
- 2014, New Zealand
Qualifications
- LLB, BA, University of Otago
Affiliations
- Committee member - Emerging Talent in M&A
Specialisations
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Warranty and indemnity insurance
- Corporate governance
- Retirement village law
Tayla Johnston
- Office
- Auckland
- Phone
- +64 9 353 9974
- Mobile
- +64 21 051 4065
- Tayla.Johnston@minterellison.co.nz
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tayla-johnston-70aa21141/?originalSubdomain=nz