Senior Associate, Christchurch
Celeste Brown
Contact
- Christchurch office
- DDI +64 3 371 3510
- M +64 27 337 0477
Profile
Celeste specialises in corporate and commercial law and has particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, corporate structuring and commercial leasing.
Celeste advises clients on a range of transactional matters (including project finance and related security arrangements) and regularly acts for some of New Zealand's major banks.
Celeste also has experience in preparing and negotiating commercial contracts and advising on statutory and regulatory compliance.
Experience
Sector / Expertise
- Corporate and commercial
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Property finance
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and financial services
- Early stage and high growth companies
- Corporate governance
- Joint ventures and limited partnerships
- Overseas investment
- Franchising
- Structured finance
- Cooperatives
- Agribusiness, horticulture and forestry
- Construction and projects
- Transport
International
Work highlights
Acting for various corporate entities
on asset and share acquisitions and sales
Advising prominent developers
on joint venture formation and structuring
Advising major banks, credit unions and building societies
on lending and security arrangements and commercial agreements
Advising on and acting in respect of mortgagee sales
Preparing contracts for hire for major venues
Preparing and drafting commercial lease agreements
including ground leases for large hospitals