James Gibson

^{Chambers Asia Pacific 2025 Corporate/Commercial, 'Band 1'.}

^{The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 Corporate and M&A, 'Leading partner'.}

^{The Legal 500's M&A Powerlist Asia Pacific 2024.}

^{Who’s Who Legal WWL 2024 M&A and Governance, 'Leading lawyer'.}

^{IFLR 1000 2024 Capital markets: equity, M&A, 'Market leader'.}

^{Clients say "he's a high energy, pro-active practitioner who consistently delivers very high quality work."}

^{James has also been described as "one of the foremost private equity transaction specialists in the country" in Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Private Equity Lawyers.}

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and other shareholders

Advised on their investment in FNZ, a global wealth management fintech firm.

Vodafone New Zealand (now One NZ)

Advised on the sale of its passive mobile tower assets for NZ$1.7bn to funds managed or advised by InfraRed Capital Partners (on behalf of HICL Infrastructure plc) and Northleaf Capital Partners, alongside a reinvestment by Infratil.

Air New Zealand

Advised on its comprehensive NZ$2.2bn recapitalisation package to help position the airline for recovery, including its NZ$1.2bn pro rata renounceable rights offer.

Ampol

Advised on its NZ$1.96bn acquisition of Z Energy by way of court approved scheme of arrangement together with its divestment of its Gull business to Allegro.

Brookfield

Advised on the sale of its stake in One NZ to Infratil for NZ$1.8bn.

EQT Infrastructure IV Fund

Advised on its NZ$1.28bn acquisition of Metlifecare by way of a scheme of arrangement, including termination of its original Scheme Implementation Agreement on the basis of material adverse change.

Lightspeed Commerce

Advised on its acquisition of Vend, an Auckland headquartered cloud-based retail management software company, for US$350m.

Bentley Systems

Advised on its acquisition of Seequent, a world leader in developing 3D geological modelling software, headquartered in Christchurch, for US$1.05bn.

Vodafone Group

Advised on its sale of Vodafone New Zealand to a consortium of Infratil and Brookfield Asset Management for NZ$3.4bn, making it one of the largest New Zealand M&A transactions on record.