Six Senior Appointments at Russell McVeagh

Russell McVeagh continues to construct its experience and expertise throughout numerous key apply areas having just lately added six senior associates to its workforce. Kate Maclean (Banking and Finance), Grace Liang and Sam Kember (Company Advisory), Marie Kavanagh (Litigation), and Ed Kinloch and David Simpson (Actual Property and Development), have all joined the agency in the previous couple of months.

Grace, Sam and Ed are all returning alumni who started their careers with the agency, and 4 of those attorneys – Kate, Grace, Sam and Marie – have just lately returned to New Zealand following abroad expertise working at high international legislation companies. Banking and FinanceKate Maclean

Based mostly within the Auckland workplace, Kate specialises in structured finance, with a selected give attention to securitisations.

Kate returned to New Zealand in 2023 after spending numerous years working at Fieldfisher LLP in London as a part of the Structured Finance workforce, the place she suggested on a broad vary of structured transactions and monetary companies regulation. Company AdvisoryGrace Liang

Grace advises on a spread of company transactions, together with acquisitions and disposals, three way partnership and shareholder preparations, different direct and oblique funding constructions, in addition to basic company and securities legislation points.

Grace rejoined Russell McVeagh in early 2024 after nearly 4 years working in London for international legislation agency Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP). Throughout her time at BCLP within the company actual property and funding funds workforce, she gained explicit expertise advising purchasers in respect of company transactions in the true property and various funding sectors.

Sam Kember

Sam is skilled in advising on private and non-private M&A, fairness capital markets transactions, three way partnership and shareholder preparations, and basic company advisory work.

Sam returned to Russell McVeagh in 2023 after 4 years working in London for international legislation agency Linklaters LLP, the place he suggested on numerous high-profile, multi-national private and non-private transactions. Throughout his time abroad, Sam additionally frolicked on secondment within the M&A workforce at AXA Group in Paris, the place he was concerned in numerous worldwide transactions and company group issues. LitigationMarie Kavanagh

Based mostly in Wellington, Marie advises on contentious monetary regulatory issues together with helping purchasers with Commerce Fee and Monetary Markets Authority investigations and proceedings; and responding to requests by authorities for info or interviews. She can also be skilled in advising purchasers in relation to monetary crime investigations, inside investigations and public inquiries. 

Marie spent a few years working at US companies in London the place she suggested senior people and corporates in circumstances involving alleged regulatory breaches and in circumstances regarding prison allegations of advanced fraud, bribery and corruption, cash laundering and different varieties of misconduct, usually with a cross-border factor. Marie is really helpful in a number of main authorized directories and guides, together with Who’s Who Authorized, Authorized 500 (UK), Chambers and Companions (UK), Knowledgeable Guides, and World Investigation Evaluate. Actual Property & ConstructionEd Kinloch

Ed is a industrial property specialist with a give attention to abroad funding, industrial and industrial growth initiatives, rural land, main sector industries, and renewable power.

He advises purchasers on a variety of economic property issues together with acquisitions and disposals, sale and leaseback transactions, growth agreements, industrial and industrial leases, rural leases, and forestry rights. He usually assists purchasers to navigate New Zealand’s abroad funding regime, together with by acquiring Abroad Funding Workplace consents and exemptions.

Ed rejoined Russell McVeagh’s Auckland workforce in December 2023, getting back from the Waikato area the place he labored for an additional New Zealand agency.

David Simpson

Based mostly in Auckland, David’s apply is targeted on advanced property developments and large-scale transactions. 

David has labored with a few of New Zealand’s most distinguished property homeowners and builders, with noteworthy latest initiatives together with the PwC Tower at Industrial Bay, the Te Waihorotiu (Aotea) Station over-station growth in downtown Auckland, and the sale of the Westgate Way of life retail centre. He has intensive expertise within the negotiation of growth agreements, industrial leasing, acquisitions and disposals, and due diligence investigations.

David joined the agency in February 2024 from a property legislation specialist agency in Auckland, the place he spent a number of years and had been recognised as a key lawyer by the Authorized 500 Asia Pacific information.“It’s improbable to have the ability to welcome such proficient senior attorneys to the agency. Our capacity to draw such high quality folks displays the work we proceed to do to create an setting which is supportive, versatile and inclusive and which affords wonderful profession alternatives to work alongside a few of New Zealand’s main organisations,” stated Russell McVeagh Board Chair David Butler. Russell McVeagh additionally just lately introduced 4 new companions – Alex MacDuff, Bevan Peachey, Hannah Wilson and Michael Mortgage (extra right here), and the promotion of eight attorneys to senior affiliate in late 2023 (extra right here).   

 Joanna Comerford