Francis is widely recognized as an expert in corporate and commercial law and is able to
provide specialist advice in a vast range of commercial
transactions. This includes advising on financing
transactions, advising trustee companies, providing
advice with respect to public offers under the Securities
Act 1978 (equities, debt and participatories) and advising
with respect to the restructuring of companies.
Examples of significant transactions:
- Providing advice in relation to the conversion of a building society into a registered bank listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange.
- Advising the shareholders of a registered bank on its sale.
- Providing advice relating to the merger of two registered banks by private Act of Parliament.
- Advising on an investment into the New Zealand dairy industry.
- Advising the Ministry of Economic Development on reform of the law on certain issues of debt securities.
- Advising directors and trustees on near-insolvent restructuring.
- Advising a multinational fund which undertakes venture capital investments on its New Zealand technology investments
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