Andrew Wallace



Consultant


andrew.wallace@ah.co.nz

+64 9 356 2643

+64 21 0291 5468

Auckland

Andrew is a corporate and securities law specialist experienced in advising private and public companies on a range of securities offerings, acquisitions, divestments, restructurings and joint ventures, as well as general corporate and commercial advisory matters.

Andrew was previously a partner at a specialist corporate law firm in New Zealand, and before that he spent several years at another large full service New Zealand law firm in addition to a stint at a leading New York firm.

Andrew is admitted to practice in New Zealand and New York, and is a member of the Institute of Directors and a two-term appointee to the New Zealand Law Society’s Business Law Reform Committee.


Key Transactions

Advised:

  • Buy-side and sell-side on M&A transactions in various industries, private and public, local and cross-border.
  • The buyer in completing a takeover of a code company effected via a scheme of arrangement.
  • A consortium on its contested partial takeover of a widely-held private company involving High Court litigation and Takeovers Panel proceedings.
  • On tech company capital raisings, both for the companies and for lead/minority investors.
  • Listed companies and managed funds on public capital raisings.
  • Financial service providers on action taken by various New Zealand regulators.
  • Start-ups and private companies on their shareholders' agreements and employee incentive plans.
  • Start-ups and private companies on commercial contracts of all types.
  • Directors on their duties and indemnification and insurance arrangements.
  • Overseas companies on conducting business in New Zealand.


Credentials

Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), University of Auckland


Admission to the Bar

New Zealand, 2002

New York, 2008