MARK TINGEY - PARTNER
Qualifications 
LLB, Canterbury University 1988
BCom, Canterbury University 1987
Admitted to the Bar in New Zealand 1988
Contact Details
Direct Dial: (07) 571 3856
Email:
mark.tingey@hobec.co.nz
Mark Tingey has been a partner of Holland Beckett for 13 years specialising in company, commercial, property, contract, trust, business and finance law.
After completing his double degree at Canterbury University, Mark commenced practice at Russell McVeagh in Auckland specialising in banking and finance law. He then worked for Norton Rose both in London and Hong Kong. With Norton Rose, Mark acted for some of the region’s largest banks and financial institutions, advising on syndicated loan transactions for a number of infrastructural projects in the UK (including port and property development) and in Hong Kong (including airport and roading development), plus other management buyouts and commercial paper issues.
After six years abroad, Mark returned to Auckland and practiced in the commercial department at Simpson Grierson, before eventually moving to Tauranga for family and lifestyle reasons. His work experience in Tauranga with Holland Beckett has included the following:
· Principal responsibility within Zespri Group Limited for the original development of the contractual licensing structure and documentation for Zespri Gold Kiwifruit, both in New Zealand and internationally;
· Acting in significant M&A transactions in relation to: the share sale of a local private retirement village ($42m); acquisition by amalgamation of the Huka Pak kiwifruit post harvest facility by Seeka Kiwifruit ($25m); acquisition by amalgamation of the listed Vietnamese gold mining company Zedex Olympus Minerals, a public company listed in both Canada and Australia ($45m); advising on the joint venture agreement between Port of Tauranga Ltd and Toll Group to establish Toll Owens Ltd (now C3 Limited); and the proposed takeover by Wakefield Health of a local private hospital ($22m);
· Advising on NZS:3910 Construction Contracts in relation to civil works ($10m), construction of a local private hospital ($20m) and a recently completed commercial / office development (Hub Developments - $10m);
· The structuring of national and international licensing / distribution / franchise agreements for local exporters including Loadrite, Celcrete and Pinto. Mark has been instructed to act in the capital and contractual restructuring of the Hunting & Fishing NZ co-operative group;
· Acting for the Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust, a significant local charitable organisation which owns 33% of the issued share capital of TrustPower Limited and with capital invested of over $700m;
· Acting for First Mortgage Trust with over $220m of funds invested. Mark recently reviewed the Trust's loan and security documentation, particularly for compliance with the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act;
· Acting for Frasers Papamoa Limited, the developer of a 741 dwelling $300 million residential community on the prime Western Bay coastal strip of Papamoa. Frasers Papamoa is a subsidiary of the Frasers Greencliffe consortium based in Sydney and Singapore;
· Being a past president of the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, and the honorary solicitor for Tourism Bay of Plenty, The Bay Health Foundation ("Project Hope" - to develop a new cancer centre for the Western Bay of Plenty) and the Mount Maunganui Artificial Surf Reef project, Mark makes a significant contribution in promoting the local business community.
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