Daniel Croft

DIRECTOR | CORPORATE

LLB (Honours) | BCom, UC, New Zealand

Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of NZ

Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate & Commercial, Restructuring, Securities and Private Client

Daniel undertakes a wide range of corporate and commercial work, specialising in corporate restructuring and intellectual property projects.

He has considerable experience in advising on complex restructuring of corporate groups and businesses, advising on shareholder arrangements, preparing distribution and licensing arrangements (including those with cross-border aspects), asset disposals, and advises both public and private companies on all aspects of corporate and contract law.

  • Advising clients on raising capital from a variety of sources, including high net worth individuals, institutions and professional investors.

    Advising on complex restructuring projects within corporate groups and businesses.

    Adviser on numerous M&A transactions, including both asset and equity acquisitions and disposals.

    Advising on infrastructure projects, including on construction contracts and ongoing maintenance contracts.

    Assisting overseas entities with all matters relating to their New Zealand operations and investments, including with respect to the obtaining of consents under the Overseas Investment Act.

    Advising on intellectual property related licences and transfers of intellectual property.

    Advising on succession planning, including in relation to business restructurings.

  • Advising on proposed water storage projects, including obtaining funding from the Provincial Growth Fund.

    Advising a major healthcare provider on its acquisition of a competitor and associated transitional arrangements.

    Advising a primary sector client on its genetics arrangements, including intellectual property licensing, supply and distribution arrangements.

    Advising an engineering firm on a new cornerstone investor and associated corporate restructure elements.

    Advising a NZ based dairy company on its New Zealand joint venture arrangements with an overseas dairy entity.

    Advising a national veterinary business on all aspects of its business, including grazing arrangements, acquisition and intellectual property matters.

    Advising a Wellington based transport provider on its asset refurbishment project.

    Advising a regional telecommunications company on a major telecommunications obtaining a cornerstone shareholding, and its subsequent takeover by a major electricity generator.

    Advising a well known beverage. producer on all aspects of its international distribution arrangements.

    Advising a large South Island corporate dairy group, including its initial formation and subsequent divestment, acquisitions, refinancings and shareholder relationship matters.

    Advising BusinessDesk on the acquisition of all its assets by NZME.

    Advising the shareholders of InPhySec Limited on Fujitsu acquiring all shares in the company.

    Advising a large national retailer on all aspects of its business, including purchasing its core intellectual property from the retailer’s founder and undertaking a complex corporate restructure.

    Advising an offshore client on its acquisition of the North Island distributorships of an international agriculture machinery brand.

    Assisting clients on establishing forestry portfolios in New Zealand, including for carbon farming.