New Zealand M&A legal advisers: completed deals, H1 2026

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Deals counted in New Zealand M&A legal advisers: completed deals, H1 2026
								Advisers
May 2026	Dassault Falcon 50EX corporate jet	New Zealand-based vendor (unnamed)	United States purchaser (unnamed)	Asset sale	–	Completed	–	Hesketh Henry (sell-side)	United States purchaser (unnamed) acquisition of Dassault Falcon 50EX corporate jet
May 2026	Rakon	–	Bourns	Takeover	360.0	Completed	–	Bell Gully (sell-side)Simpson Grierson (buy-side)	Bourns acquisition of Rakon
May 2026	Accordant Group	–	S A Hull Family Trust No 2	Stake	–	Completed	–	MinterEllisonRuddWatts (sell-side)	S A Hull Family Trust No 2 stake in Accordant Group
Apr 2026	Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand)	Retail International Holding S.A.S. (Worldline)	Cuscal	Acquisition	32.9	Completed	Payments and fintech	Russell McVeagh (sell-side)Bell Gully (buy-side)	Cuscal acquisition of Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand)
Apr 2026	King Country Energy	King Country Trust	Contact Energy	Stake	–	Completed	–	Simpson Grierson (sell-side)	Contact Energy stake in King Country Energy
Mar 2026	Fonterra’s consumer and associated businesses	Fonterra Co-operative Group	Lactalis	Acquisition	4,220.0	Completed	Food and beverage	Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Russell McVeagh (sell-side)Sudath Perera Associates (sell-side)Allens (buy-side)Freshfields (buy-side)Bell Gully (buy-side)	Lactalis acquisition of Fonterra’s consumer and associated businesses
Mar 2026	AS Colour	Direct Capital	Quadrant	Stake	–	Completed	Consumer brands and apparel	Simpson GriersonHarmos Horton Lusk (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)	Quadrant Private Equity stake in AS Colour
Feb 2026	Infrawork Group	–	PeopleIN	Acquisition	56.0	Completed	–	DLA Piper (buy-side)	PeopleIN acquisition of Infrawork Group