MICHAEL DRUMM - Associate Auckland phone 64 9 921 6106 Sydney phone 61 2 9293 2877 Mobile 029 552 8721 Email michael.drumm@maynewetherell.com Education: University of Auckland - BA/LLB(Hons) Professional: Associate Mayne Wetherell 2009 to date Solicitor Mayne Wetherell 2007 to 2009 Law Graduate Mayne Wetherell 2007

Areas of Specialisation
• General corporate and commercial advice
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Finance and banking 

Relevant Experience
• A range of general corporate and commercial law advice, including Companies Act compliance, Overseas Investment Act compliance, general legislative compliance and NZX Listing Rules compliance
• Acted for banks and receivers in relation to insolvency and restructuring matters
• Experience in mergers and acquisitions, acting for both buyers and sellers, including both company sales and asset sales
• Acted for banks and corporates in bilateral and syndicated facilities

Illustrative (non-exhaustive) examples of significant transactions are:
• Acted for the vendor of a food busines in relation to its acquisition by a listed company.
• Acted for a major offshore investment fund in relation to its acquisition of a major New Zealand forestry company.
• Acted for the receiver and liquidator of an advertising business in relation to its sale.
• Acted for a listed company in relation to general corporate matters including acquisitions, an intellectually property licensing arrangement, joint venture arrangements, amalgamations, implementation of a long term incentive scheme for management, listing rule compliance and exemptions and general company law matters.
• Acted for a medium size privately held company in relation to general corporate advice, including amalgamations, and restructuring matters.
• Acted for a major bank in relation to a significant receivership.
• Acted for PricewaterhouseCoopers as receivers of Nathans Finance NZ Limited (in receivership) and VTL Group Limited (in receivership).
• Acted for PricewaterhouseCoopers as receivers of various thoroughbred assets.
• Acted for a large foreign bank in relation to a successful Takeovers Code exemption application.
• Acted for the issuer of publicly listed debt securities in relation to their refinancing.
• Acted for a private equity firm in relation to New Zealand law aspects of an Australian asset acquisition.
• Acted for a large New Zealand lender in relation to a significant facility, including security network, and various ongoing matters
• Acted for a listed New Zealand borrower in relation to a syndicated facility agreement 
• Acted for Westpac in relation to an aircraft financing transaction.
• Acted for major offshore bank in relation to structured finance transaction.