Greenwood, Pip
Russell McVeagh – Partner and Board Chair
pip.greenwood@russellmcveagh.com | www.russellmcveagh.com
Winner – M&A, New Zealand
Pip Greenwood is a highly regarded corporate partner and board chair at Russell McVeagh, and serves on the New Zealand Takeovers Panel. Clients include Auckland International Airport, Fairfax Media, Kiwi Income Property Trust, Lion Nathan and Telecom. She specializes in securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and general corporate advisory work. Among other recent projects, she acted for Infratil on the underwrite of its warrant issue; Kiwi Income Property Trust on its mandatory convertible notes; and Auckland Airport in respect of its acquisition of a minority stake in Queensland Airports and related rights issue – this was the first accelerated rights entitlement offer in New Zealand, which involved obtaining complicated waivers from ASX and NZX. She also represented Telecom New Zealand on its disposal of Yellow Pages Group for NZ$2.24 billion; advised Auckland International Airport on proposals by Dubai Aerospace and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; and acted for Fairfax Media in relation to its entry into New Zealand through its acquisition of the New Zealand publishing assets of INL and its acquisition of TradeMe (New Zealand’s leading internet business), and in relation to a public offer of NZ$150 million listed redeemable preference shares. Russell McVeagh dominated equity-raising tables in 2009, acting in nine of the 11 transactions. Ms Greenwood acted in six of these, including representing the underwriters in Pyne Gould Corporation (NZ$267 million), PGG Wrightson (estimated NZ$250 million) and AMP NZ Office Trust (NZ$201 million) rights issues and acting for Freightways (NZ$50 million) and Kiwi Income Property Trust in respect of equity placements (NZ$50 million).
What clients said
“An exceptionally talented lawyer with in-depth knowledge of the law not only in her home country of New Zealand, but also in other key jurisdictions, including Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.”
“What sets Pip apart is her ability to understand underlying drivers of a business and ensure that advice is not only technically correct, but also commercial and, where appropriate, pragmatic.”
“Together with direct (yet politic) oral and written communication skills, advice is clear, easily understood by lawyers and non-lawyers, and excellent value for money.”
“In all my years as both an external counsel and in-house counsel in jurisdictions around the world, Pip is the pre-eminent adviser I have worked with.”
Russell McVeagh
PO Box 8 Auckland 1140
New Zealand
T +64 9 367 8040 F +64 9 367 8596
www.internationallawoffice.com
ILO Client Choice Guide 2010
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