Mark Cathro

Partner

Mark advises on a wide range of corporate law and governance issues, including mergers and acquisitions, MBOs, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital, securities, employee share schemes, restructurings, and technology. He has held corporate/commercial roles with top tier firms in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the Cayman Islands.

Mark offers a high level of commercial expertise in his advice and has a focus on understanding complex commercial and legal issues and finding innovative and pragmatic business solutions for his clients.

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Mark works with corporate and technology clients on operational matters such as supply and distribution arrangements, manufacturing issues, compliance, contracting, outsourcing and tendering. He has particular experience advising boards and senior management on technology and biotech issues and sits on advisory boards for a number of companies, particularly in the technology sector.

Mark brings a sophisticated international perspective to his work, having advised on substantial corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, MBOs and private equity deals with some of the worlds’ largest companies and financial institutions, including Sara Lee, Johnson Controls, Domino’s Pizza, British Airways, JP Morgan Asset Management, Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs.

Recent highlights

  • Advising the owners of BuildersCrack on the sale to ASX listed company HiPages Group. 
  • Advising various companies on capital raises including aerospace companies Kea Aerospace and Pyper Vision.
  • Advising the shareholders of Pacific Radiology Group on the sale to Infratil.
  • Advising MainPower on commercial matters and also on the Mt Cass Wind Farm.
  • Advising PreInvest Holdings on its investment in Booths Transport (SI) Limited. 
  • Advising the owners of Frank PKS on the sale to Hynds Pipe Systems.
  • Advising Polar Capital LP on the acquisition of JUCY Group in a pre-pack receivership (nominated as finalist in the NZ Law Awards insolvency and restructuring category) and it’s subsequent divestments.
  • Advising Canterbury Scientific commercially and on a number of strategic investments.
  • Advising the board of NZX listed Smiths City on its pre-packaged receivership sale (nominated as finalist in the NZ Law Awards insolvency and restructuring category).
  • Advising Polar Capital LP on the acquisition of JUCY Group in a pre-pack receivership (nominated as finalist in the NZ Law Awards insolvency and restructuring category) and it’s subsequent divestments.
  • Advising NSF International on commercial matters in New Zealand.

Mark's insights

Directors' duties - what influences should a director consider?

18 November 2022

No such thing as a free launch

20 October 2022

Limited Partnerships in New Zealand

19 May 2015

We're driven by our values

They drive our client relationships and connections with our community, and underpin our achievements.

He tāngata

  • I am a director of Kea Aerospace and an advisory board member for Zeal Construction Limited

Excellence

  • Recognised as a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022legal directory

Enterprising

  • Qualified to practice in New Zealand, England, Wales and the Cayman Islands
  • Member of Canterbury Angel Investors (early stage/high growth investment group) and Canterbury Tech

Authenticity

“There was a huge amount of complexity to get this across the line, and your expertise and experience to stay on top of all of that and drive us through to an outcome at the end of the process was invaluable. Your efforts in those last 24 – 48 hours were nothing less than outstanding.”  Ben Powles, Former Director Smiths City Group

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