Neil Millar
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 2 : Corporate/Commercial
Band 2
About
Provided by Neil Millar
Practice Areas
A leading corporate lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience in the UK and New Zealand, Neil heads our Auckland corporate practice. He specialises in private equity and private company mergers and acquisitions.
Neil’s clients include private business owner-operators, a range of private equity funds, large corporates, SME, and start-up companies. He has significant experience acting for clients on transactions in the health, education, food and beverage, and privately held business sectors.
He advises on all aspects of M&A and private equity, business sales, and commercial and business transactions and contracts, as well as joint ventures and shareholding arrangements. He also manages complex and often large-scale consolidations and roll up strategies.
In addition to his M&A and private equity practice, Neil advises on practical governance issues, director responsibilities and strategic issues for his clients. A trusted and pragmatic adviser, he has been asked to assist several of his clients in their own strategic planning workshops and board discussions.
Neil is also one of New Zealand’s leading warranty and indemnity insurance experts, providing in-market assistance to most of the key insurers and assisting buyers and sellers with advice in connection with policies and claims.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Neil Millar operates across a broad corporate and commercial spectrum but is particularly well known for assisting private equity clients in relation to their acquisitions. He is based in Auckland.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Neil is an excellent lawyer, and we will definitely be using him again for New Zealand transactions."
"I have worked with Neil for several years now and would not seek any alternative. He is exceptional."
"Neil is an excellent lawyer, and we will definitely be using him again for New Zealand transactions."
"I have worked with Neil for several years now and would not seek any alternative. He is exceptional."
Articles, highlights and press releases
1 item provided by MinterEllisonRuddWatts
MinterEllisonRuddWatts M&A Forecast 2023
What's on the horizon for M&A activity in New Zealand? MinterEllisonRuddWatts' Corporate team discusses trends and makes predictions for 2023. This year, we also spoke to several of New Zealand’s leading investment banks and private equity firms to gain their insights on what lies ahead.
MinterEllisonRuddWatts M&A Forecast 2023
What's on the horizon for M&A activity in New Zealand? MinterEllisonRuddWatts' Corporate team discusses trends and makes predictions for 2023. This year, we also spoke to several of New Zealand’s leading investment banks and private equity firms to gain their insights on what lies ahead.