Mr Chris Parke > Dentons New Zealand > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Chris Parke
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial
Position
Partner
Career
Chris is a Partner in our Corporate and Commercial team. He has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate and commercial law and specialises in advising clients on mergers and acquisitions. He also works closely with our Construction team on the commercial aspects of large infrastructure projects.
Chris assists both New Zealand and overseas clients to buy and sell businesses, form joint ventures, and raise capital. He assists with all stages of these transactions from due diligence, through to documentation and advising on regulatory processes. He also advises clients on a range of commercial arrangements, such as supply agreements, distribution contracts and licensing agreements. He works closely with in-house counsel, owners and c-suite executives.
Chris’s work with infrastructure clients includes advising on aspects of each of the public private partnership (PPP) projects undertaken in New Zealand. He also helps infrastructure companies establish joint ventures, and advises them on the corporate structures they need to set up to deliver large infrastructure projects.
Chris is pragmatic and understands the commercial imperatives that drive clients. He helps clients strike a deal that meets their commercial aims while managing their risk.
Memberships
English
Education
University of Auckland, 1995, Bachelor of Laws
Admitted: Barrister and Solicitor, High Court of New Zealand, 1995
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Corporate and M&A
The ‘client-focused’ team at Dentons New Zealand leverages the firm’s expansive global network to advise on complex cross-border M&A transactions and is actively involved in a range of domestic acquisitions and joint ventures. Auckland-based practice head Chris Parke has notable expertise in the insurance, infrastructure, TMT, healthcare and food sectors. The ‘outstanding’ David Shillson
is praised for his ‘breadth of experience and depth of expertise.’ Wook Jin Lee, who is ‘smart, commercial and savvy’, regularly acts for listed issuers, private businesses, and private equity fund managers on the full spectrum of corporate deals and capital markets transactions. The team is strengthened by the arrival of tax partner Bruce Bernachhi. Heida Donegan departed.