What they do
Duncan Cotterill is a New Zealand law firm with offices in Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch and Queenstown. Its corporate practice acts on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, venture capital and investment funds for multinationals, large domestic companies, SMEs, start-ups and investors.
- Services
- M&A law, Capital markets law, Private equity law, Banking and finance law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law
- Specialties
- agribusiness
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$10.2m
- Clients
- Corporates, Business owners and founders, Startups and venture-backed companies, Investors and funds
- Places served
- NZ
From duncancotterill.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /about-us/, /expertise/expertise-corporate/, /
Deals
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| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Blackpearl Group | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 10.2 | Software | Lander & Rogers (issuer) | Blackpearl Group placement |
Listed on their website
- Koau Capital Partners and investors on the acquisition of Cardinal Logistics.
- PGG Wrightson on the acquisition of Nexan Group.
- TASKA Prosthetics, one of the world’s leading myoelectric multi-articulating hand companies, on its acquisition by Eqwal Group.
- Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, on its acquisition of Cosgroves, one of New Zealand’s leading buildings engineering firms.
- Arthur J Gallagher on its acquisition of First Capital Financial Services.
- MainPower on the sale of 50% of Mt Cass Wind Farm to Energy Marlborough.
- Sealord on the acquisition of Independent Fisheries.
- $75m initial public offering and NZX listing of New Zealand Rural Land Company and subsequent capital raisings.
- NZX direct listing and subsequent capital raisings by Blackpearl Group.
- NZX foreign exempt listing of Santana Minerals.
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Offices and contact
Offices
- Auckland
- Blenheim
- Christchurch
- Nelson
- Queenstown
- Wellington