Chris Thomson
Senior Associate
Chris Thomson
Senior Associate
Chris is an experienced senior associate with significant experience advising domestic and offshore clients across the full spectrum of banking and finance matters.
Chris is recognised for his expertise advising on public and private M&A financing, securitisation and structured finance across a range of asset classes and on retail and wholesale bond issuances in the domestic and offshore debt capital markets. He is known for delivering clear, commercially focussed advice and for his collaborative approach in driving transactions to completion.
Chris acts for a broad range of clients including several large NZX‑listed institutional borrowers, domestic and international banks and credit funds, private equity sponsors and other financial institutions in the banking and finance ecosystem.
Chris complements his broad transactional practice by providing financial regulation expertise to domestic and offshore clients, with a particular focus on the regulation of consumer credit and financial service providers in New Zealand.
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Advised Blue Planet on its acquisition of Smart Environmental Group (waste).
Advised ANZ in relation to the financing of Craigmore Sustainable (agribusiness).
Advised ASX-listed FleetPartners in respect of its New Zealand securitisation warehouses, New Zealand ABS issuances and its New Zealand corporate facilities (fleet management).
Advised Goldman Sachs in respect of its acquisition of 60% of TLC Modular, a Vietnam-based construction and engineering company and the associated developments of its Northcote modular project (property).
Advised Arteva Funding (Pemba Capital Partners) in relation to the implementation of securitisation warehouse finance to Arteva in New Zealand to support the acquisition of Hunter Premium Funding in New Zealand by Arteva in 2025 (financial services).
Advised Pemba Capital Partners in relation to its acquisition of Hunter Premium Funding from Allianz (financial services).
Advised Merricks Capital on a range of its property finance transactions in New Zealand, including financing for commercial property, residential developments and agriculture businesses (property).
Advised Merricks Capital in relation to all aspects of the financing of the development of a new hotel and apartments at 51 Albert Street, Auckland (property).
Advised Bank of New Zealand in relation to the provision of senior warehouse funding to Pepper Money in relation to its acquisition of HSBC NZ’s residential mortgage portfolio in 2023 (financial services).
Advised Prospa in respect of the establishment of its New Zealand securitisation warehouses (financial services).
Advised KKR in relation to its acquisition of Ritchies Transport (transport).
Advised the financiers in relation to Apax Partners’ NZ$2.6bn acquisition of Trade Me by scheme of arrangement (technology).
Advised Transpower in respect of its treasury matters, including its corporate facilities, New Zealand and Australian debt issuances, listed Swiss issuances and ISDAs (energy).
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