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Sarah Blackmore
Partner
Auckland
Real Estate & Construction
+64 9 367 8057 DDI [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-blackmore-081146b5/
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Sarah is a leading property lawyer who specialises in commercial leasing, forestry and foreign investment in New Zealand property. She is the National Practice Group Chair of Russell McVeagh's Real Estate and Construction practice group.

She provides expert advice to clients on a wide range of matters, including acquisitions and disposals of commercial property, commercial leasing, development agreements, subdivisions and financing transactions.

Sarah also specialises in the acquisition, disposal and management of forestry assets. She regularly provides advice to forestry clients on key issues including Overseas Investment Office applications, the NZETS and Climate Change Response Act 2002, the rights and obligations under crown forestry licences and forestry rights, forest management agreements, access arrangements and supply agreements.

She is a trusted and confident adviser who is known for her ability to achieve exceptional results for her clients who include listed REITs, large institutional investors, occupiers.

Sarah joined Russell McVeagh as a Special Counsel in 2019, prior to which she worked at another New Zealand law firm. She joined the partnership in 2021. 

Related Expertise

Real Estate & Property
Construction
Forestry
International Trade & Investment
Experience

Sarah's recent experience includes advising:

  • Spark New Zealand Trading Limited in connection with its acquisition of an approx. 4 hectare site in Dairy Flat for the purposes of developing a hyperscale data centre campus. 
  • Kiwi Property Group on the subdivision and sale of land adjacent to Sylvia Park to the Ingka Group for the development of its flagship IKEA store in New Zealand.
  • ROC Asset Management with the acquisition of a 25% stake in the farming and forestry assets of listed company New Zealand Rural Land Company Limited.
  • Oyster Property Management in connection with a number of leasing transactions across its portfolio as well as asset divestments.
  • PSPIB/CPPIB Waiheke Inc. with a number of leasing transactions across its commercial portfolio including the disposal of the commercial office tower at 51 Shortland Street, Auckland.
  • Goodman Property Trust in connection with a number of development projects and leasing transactions across its Auckland portfolio.
  • Stamford Group on the sale of the property and business it operated at the Stamford Plaza Hotel, Auckland to a consortium comprising the CP Group, in association with Alvarium Investments and Archipelago Group.
  • Kiwi Property Group in relation to the sale of Northlands Shopping Centre in Christchurch.  
  • A JP Morgan managed fund, on the establishment of a joint venture fund with Stride Property Group, known as Industre Property, to hold the industrial properties previously in Stride Property Group's portfolio.
  • Kiwi Property Group in relation to the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Tainui Group Holdings in relation to Centre Place North in Hamilton.
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