Jennifer Smith

New Zealand experience

Investment funds

• Establishment, offer document drafting and ongoing compliance of New Zealand wholesale and retail managed funds.
• Advising Crown entities in respect of investment and operations and their empowering legislation.
• Assisting with the establishment and listing of funds on NZX and with the offer of ASX-listed fund into New Zealand.

Corporate and commercial

• Advising on M&A transactions, including due diligence and post-completion matters.
• Contract drafting and review for financial institution clients.
• Governance advice.

Regulatory

• Assist clients to comply with or obtain exclusions from anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism obligations.
• Advising on financial adviser and financial service provider regulation.
• Advising overseas entities on establishing corporate presence and registration as a financial service provider in New Zealand.
• Assisting client adapt to the introduction of the CoFI regime.

Offshore experience

Private equity and hedge funds

• Formation and ongoing advice in respect of private equity and hedge funds for clients based in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.
• Registration, deregistration and ongoing advice in respect of Cayman-regulated private and mutual funds.