About Ben Paterson

Ben Paterson specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, overseas investment (foreign direct investment), distressed transactions and general corporate matters. He advises a significant number of private equity fund managers. Ben is also one of New Zealand’s leading experts on the NZ foreign direct investment regime, and regularly provides advice to offshore clients on navigating the regime and obtaining consent. Ben has also been extensively involved in recent legislative reform, as well as in numerous publications on the NZ FDI regime. Ben joined Russell McVeagh in 2008 and progressed to partner in 2017.