This On Demand was recorded on 20 March 2025.

For a company wishing to start up or take off, raising sufficient investment capital can be critical – but also challenging. What does the law proscribe and permit? What investment options are available? What issues should be addressed during the negotiation phase? What course should the investment process follow? What should the paperwork look like? When might nominee companies be used? Those acting for investment-seekers and investors alike will be able to upgrade their advice after attending this livestreamed seminar.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

• Acquire a better understanding of the Financial Markets Conduct Act exemptions under which equity capital can be raised without a regulated disclosure document. 
• Understand the Financial Markets Authority’s new views on eligible investor certificates. 
• Gain insights into the ecosystems in New Zealand for raising capital from private investors or the crowd.
• Receive guidance on typical terms for an investment by sophisticated private investors or the crowd (including different share rights and control influence, where applicable), and develop a better sense of how current market conditions are affecting such terms. 
• Improve your understanding of the investment process. 
• Enhance your knowledge of the investment documentation required.
• Probe into the potential use of nominee companies.

Who Should Watch?

General practitioners as well as intermediate to senior commercial lawyers seeking to further develop their core skills. Accountants, financial advisers and other industry participants would also benefit from attending.

Presenters

Tom McLaughlin, Partner, Dentons

Daniel Wong, Director, Flacks & Wong

Jack McQuire, Partner, Icehouse Ventures  

Simeon Burnett, CEO and Co-founder, Snowball Effect

Chair

Jeremy Muir, Partner, MinterEllisonRuddWatts