Lance Jones

Lance is a special counsel with extensive corporate law experience. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures and shareholder arrangements, inbound overseas investment and general corporate matters for key clients of the firm.

Lance is known for his technical skill, client-focused commercial approach, and his ability to lead large and complex matters and gain exceptional results. Having worked for seven years in London on cross-border M&A, private equity and capital markets transactions, and prior to that in Sydney, Lance also brings a valuable international perspective to his advice.

Lance is one of New Zealand's leading experts on the Overseas Investment Act, having advised on many successful applications in the past five years since returning from London, and being intimately involved in the Treasury consultation process on, and preparing Russell McVeagh's and client submissions on, the recent reforms to the Act. He also recently authored the New Zealand chapter of the global publication Getting the Deal Through – Foreign Investment Review 2020.