Hudson Gavin Martin

Corporate and Commercial

Calvin specialises in corporate law and advises on transactions such as business sales and acquisitions, corporate restructures, capital raisings, joint ventures, shareholder agreements and employee share schemes.

He has extensive experience in private equity and venture capital mergers and acquisitions and has acted on sale and purchase transactions of businesses ranging from SMEs to large multinational corporates. Recent transactions he has been involved in include the sale of the OnSend courier business to Freightways and the acquisition of FitSW, a fitness SaaS platform based in the US, by MacroActive.

Calvin has worked with start-ups of all stages, from advising founders on how to structure a proposed venture to assisting with external capital raises with institutional investors. His experience in having acted company-side and investor-side on capital raises of all sizes give him insight into what parties look for and common pitfalls, which enables him to help his clients achieve better outcomes and complete the transaction more efficiently.

Calvin is passionate about gaming and emerging technologies such as blockchain and AI. He has advised both in relation to traditional games media through his work for Legend Story Studios and Geo AR Games, and in relation to more nascent sectors of the industry such as web3 gaming. Calvin is a presenter at the New Zealand Game Developers Conference.

Hudson Gavin Martin | 2022 Chapman Tripp | 2018 - 2022 Minter Ellison Rudd Watts | 2015 - 2018

BA, LLB (Hons)

Admitted - New Zealand 2015