Hannah Brown

Experience

Hannah's recent work includes advising:

Mergers & Acquisitions:

Fisher Funds on its acquisition of Kiwi Wealth.
National Australia Bank (parent company of BNZ) on the sale of BNZ's life insurance business to Partners Life.
CPE Capital on its sale of a key New Zealand transport and infrastructure asset.
American Tower Corporation on the divestment of its interests to form a strategic joint venture with Allianz Capital Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
American Tower Corporation on the reorganisation of its European towers platform and redocumentation of its joint venture with PGGM.
AXA Investment Managers on its acquisition of an interest in ACCIONA Energía Internacional from infrastructure funds managed by KKR.
IHS Towers in its sale and lease back of telecommunication towers in Kuwait, and it proposed sale and lease back of telecommunication towers in Saudi Arabia.
ANZ, ASB, BNZ and Westpac on the sale of Paymark to Ingenico.
Kiwibank on its partial sale by NZ Post to ACC.
The shareholders of My Food Bag on the sale of a controlling interest to Waterman Capital.
NBC Universal Media on its joint venture with MediaWorks to operate the Bravo free-to-air television network.

Equity Capital Markets:

NZX (the New Zealand stock exchange) on its own AREO capital raising, underwritten by UBS.
Eurowag, a leading European transport technology firm, on its IPO and listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List and on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
Moonpig, an internet-based gifting business, on its IPO and listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List and on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, valuing the company at GBP1.2bn.
Network International, a technology-enabled payments solutions provider, on its IPO and listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List and on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, valuing the company at GBP2.2bn.
J.P. Morgan, in its role as Sponsor and Joint Global Co-ordinator on the demerger of Ninety One (formerly Investec Asset Management) and subsequent IPO and dual listing on the London Stock Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Whitbread, a leading hospitality business and the owner of Premier Inn, the UK's biggest hotel brand, on its GBP1bn rights issue.
Heartland Bank on its corporate restructure by way of court-effected scheme of arrangement and the listing of its new parent entity on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Perpetual Guardian on its proposed initial public offering on the NZX Main Board and ASX (a dual-track process resulting in the trade sale of the company).
Advising a New Zealand-based online trading platform in relation to it becoming a licensed market operator for the purposes of New Zealand securities law.

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