Jeremy Gray has been with the firm since 2013
Chapman Tripp has promoted Jeremy Gray to special counsel effective 1 December.
Gray has been a part of the firm since 2013, and has provided guidance to private equity and venture capital firms both in New Zealand and overseas, as well as institutional investors, trade players and banks. His clients include Direct Capital, Pencarrow, Queensland Investment Corporation, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), Blackbird Ventures, Accident Compensation Corporation, Westpac, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, and ANZ.
He is part of the firm's corporate and commercial practice. He has expertise in M&A, private equity, venture capital, and information and communications technology, with a focus on angel investments.
Gray has advised on sale and purchase agreements, limited partnership agreements, joint venture agreements, and other commercial contracts. He worked on the OTPP’s purchase of a significant forestry estate in the Central North Island, a consortium's $1.7bn acquisition of Vodafone’s passive mobile tower infrastructure, Kinetic's takeover of NZ Bus, the Queensland Investment Corporation's stake in Evolution Healthcare, Chubb's US$5.36bn purchase of Cigna Life, and Direct Capital's investments in both Mondiale Freight Services and Visa Global Logistics.
Gray has completed secondments at Bayer and Westpac, which Chapman Tripp said enabled him to gain “a detailed understanding of how large companies operate and what they expect from their legal advisors.” Corporate and commercial partner Joshua Pringle said that Gray’s expertise, commercial insight, and client focus make him “a key senior member of our corporate team.”
