Background
With over 30 years of legal and commercial experience, Mike has developed considerable expertise and is a trusted adviser to his clients which include multinationals, ASX-listed companies, private companies, family offices and private investors across a wide spectrum of industries.
He is highly regarded for his commercial approach which delivers pragmatic solutions to often complex problems.
Mike has been the managing partner or a member of the firm’s management board for over 15 years; a member and past co-chair of the Australasian Regional Management Committee of the Meritas Law Firm Network for a similar period; is on the Friends Panel of The Law Association of New Zealand Incorporated (supporting members of the profession) and holds various board and pro-bono roles.
Expertise
- Business structuring and funding
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Shareholder arrangements
- Commercial contracts
- Intellectual property
- Corporate advisory
Specialisations
Building & Construction Law Commercial LawProfessional Development
Professional Memberships
- Australasian Regional Management Committee of the Meritas Law Firm Network
- Friends Panel of The Law Association of New Zealand Incorporated (TLANZ)
Qualifications
- LLB, BCom, University of Auckland
- Admitted 1991
