Anderson Lloyd

With offices in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown, Anderson Lloyd provides legal services in banking and finance, projects and infrastructure, and litigation. Partner Geoff Busch has particular expertise in corporate and M&A, projects, structured and property finance and debt capital markets transactions. Partners Alan Paterson and David Holden left the firm during the research period.

Banking and finance

Work highlights

Acted for New Forests Asset Management on the financing of its acquisition of HFF, one of the largest forestry estates in Gisborne, New Zealand.

Key clients

ANZ Bank New Zealand, Foodstuffs South Island, Tilt Renewables

Construction

Work highlights

Advising Tilt Renewables as lead project counsel on its development of Waipipi Wind Farm (WWF), Tilt’s first New Zealand project since it demerged from Trustpower in 2016. WWF is a 133MW renewable energy project located in South Taranaki, which will be owned and operated by Tilt Renewables.

Key clients

Christchurch City Council, Precinct Properties, Ravenswood Retail, Waimea Water

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights

Acted for Silverfin Capital on the purchase of Caniwi Inghams Enterprises Waikato Properties. This was one of the largest agricultural transactions in 2019.

Key clients

NZ Retail Property

Client feedback

“Very pragmatic in its approach and able to work through complex issues across multiple transactions in parallel.” – Corporate and M&A

Dan Williams

“Cool and calm demeanour, and able to think through complex issues. Always reliable and timely in his work—and good fun to work with also.”