Hamish Beckett

Hamish is a special counsel in the firm's corporate advisory team. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, overseas investment, joint venture arrangements and a broad range of commercial contracts and general corporate matters, including listing rules compliance.

Hamish acts for a number of the firm's key corporate clients, including Fonterra, the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, Lion, Woolworths, APHG, Sanford, My Food Bag and Precinct. Hamish is a trusted adviser known for his extensive technical skills and ability to calmly guide clients through complex transactions with commercial advice.

Hamish's experience includes advising:

• Sanford on the divestment of its North Island inshore fishery and the entry into a long term arrangement with Moana New Zealand.

• Altus Traffic (owned by Pacific Equity Partners) on its acquisition of Traffic Management New Zealand.

• Fonterra on its partial divestment of GDT to NZX and the European Energy Exchange.

• ANZ on the sale of its New Zealand asset finance business, UDC Finance, for NZ$762 million to Shinsei Bank.

• Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation in relation to the establishment of the new $300 million Venture Capital Fund.

• Zuellig family on its block trade sale of shares in EBOS.

• Trade Me on its takeover by way of scheme of arrangement by Apax Partners.

• Trustpower on the sale of its electricity metering business to FCL.

• Riverside on its investment in the Hiway group.

• Healthscope on its various contractual pathology services arrangements with DHBs.

• Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation on its investment in NZ Gourmet.

• A bidder for the Stevenson Group's quarrying and concrete business.

• Suncorp on its takeover offer for Tower Insurance by way of scheme of arrangement.

• Emergent Cold on its acquisition of Polarcold from Scales.

• Riverside on its sale of Simcro to Datamars

• The shareholders of Hally Labels on its sale to Hexagon/Mercury Capital.

LLB (Hons), BA (Economics), University of Auckland.

Hamish joined Russell McVeagh in 2013 and was admitted to practise in New Zealand in 2014.