Welcome to Flacks & Wong.
Your corporate law experts.
We are a specialist corporate law firm based in Auckland, New Zealand – experienced across all areas of corporate law:
Buying, selling and investing in businesses, including Takeovers Code transactions
Resolving board, and shareholder, disputes and ownership issues
Capital raisings, including seed, venture capital and private equity funding, and IPOs
Joint ventures, shareholders’ arrangements and commercial contracts
Strategic and corporate governance advice
Advising on financial markets regulatory investigations and proceedings
Why work with us?
We are highly respected for our long-standing track record in completing M&A, and capital markets, transactions
We have a reputation for providing clear, and concise, solutions-focused advice
We have deep relationships with New Zealand capital markets regulators and participants
We offer access to senior, experienced lawyers only
We support the next generation of lawyers through our funding of the Flacks & Wong Prize in Commercial Law at The University of Auckland and the Flacks & Wong Prize in Company Law at the Victoria University of Wellington
"Their adept handling of challenging scenarios demonstrates their profound expertise and strategic acumen. Their advice is thorough and forward-thinking, helping us to navigate complexities"
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
"Flacks & Wong is a specialist corporate law firm, that operates at the "top" end of that market here in NZ"
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
"They make complex matters seem simple"
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024
"This is a premium boutique corporate firm. Great access to partners and senior resource. Premium legal advice and individuals understand and accommodate the commercial elements of a transaction in a seamless way"
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023
Our expertise is independently recognised:
Leading firm for Corporate/Commercial
David Flacks and Daniel Wong are each individually ranked for Corporate/Commercial
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
David Flacks and Daniel Wong are each individually ranked for M&A and Governance, and Capital Markets
Lexology Index 2025
Leading firm for
Corporate and M&A
Daniel Wong is in the elite tier of leading individuals for Corporate and M&A
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
Winner of "Boutique Law Firm of the Year"
New Zealand Law Awards 2019
Winner of "Mid-Market Deal of the Year"
New Zealand Law Awards 2016
Daniel Wong is individually ranked for Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law
The Best Lawyers in
New Zealand™ 2026
8x finalist for "Boutique Law Firm of the Year"
New Zealand Law Awards (2017-2024)
Our team
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David is a highly-respected, leading New Zealand corporate lawyer. He has a reputation for providing clear, concise advice, and for achieving pragmatic, commercial outcomes.
David was a partner at Bell Gully for many years, except for four years in the 1990s when he was a member of the senior executive team, general counsel and company secretary of Carter Holt Harvey.
Clients have commented (through Chambers Asia-Pacific, a respected global legal directory) that David “uses his broad international and in‑house experience to bring a pragmatic, commercial perspective to his work” and “is affable and easy to deal with, but not a pushover”. A previous edition refers to David’s “unflappable nature,” and notes that “when you've got emotional shareholders and a process is very convoluted, he can just walk through the middle of it; he reads people and tone brilliantly”.
David is a former member of the Takeovers Panel and Chair of the NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal.
Qualifications
BA (Cantab), MA (Cantab), St John’s College, Cambridge UniversityAdmitted
1979, England and Wales (non-practising)
1985, New ZealandCurrent governance roles
Chair of Angel Association New Zealand
Director of The Todd Corporation
Chair of Suncorp New Zealand
Chair of AFT Pharmaceuticals
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Daniel advises on corporate and capital markets transactions, with particular expertise in mid-market M&A, venture capital, Takeovers Code transactions, and complex shareholder arrangements.
Daniel is lead legal adviser to a number of NZX-listed companies, including on listing rule and corporate governance matters.
Daniel is a member of the NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal, the independent regulatory body whose role is to consider the conduct of parties regulated by NZX's market rules and determine penalties for breaches of those rules.
Six transactions on which Daniel has advised have won, or been nominated as finalist, for transaction awards at the New Zealand Law Awards (including in the “M&A Deal of the Year”, “Mid-Market Deal of the Year”, “Capital Markets Deal of the Year” and “Consumer, Media and Tech Deal of the Year” categories).
Daniel is in the elite tier of leading individuals for Corporate and M&A in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025, with a client commenting in a previous edition that he "is the best legal partner in our market in my opinion. He can be credited with drafting documentation to solve the needs of clients on several occasions when other legal partners were unable to solve the issues”.
In Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025, clients comment that "Daniel's proactive communication and meticulous attention to detail instil confidence and significantly contribute to our decision-making processes." Daniel is also recognised for his expertise in public M&A and private equity transactions, as well as equity capital markets matters.
Daniel is also individually ranked in The Best Lawyers in New Zealand™ (Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law) and Lexology Index (M&A and Governance, and Capital Markets).
Daniel was a member of the regulatory working group of Capital Markets 2029 (the industry-led review of New Zealand's capital markets sponsored by the Financial Markets Authority and NZX).
Before co-founding Flacks & Wong, Daniel was a senior associate at Bell Gully in Auckland and Freshfields in London.
Qualifications
LLB (First Class Honours), BCA (Finance and Management), Victoria University of WellingtonAdmitted
2002, New Zealand
2008, England and Wales (non-practising)Current governance roles
Board member of Auckland Grammar School
Trustee of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Foundation
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Kylie is a New Zealand-qualified lawyer with over 20 years’ experience, including over 10 years in private practice at leading law firms in New Zealand (Bell Gully and Webb Henderson) and London (Bird & Bird), and over 10 years in senior in-house legal roles.
Kylie specialises in commercial law, is a skilled negotiator and has particular expertise in a wide range of commercial matters, including complex commercial and technology transactions, outsourcing, procurement, supply, distribution, manufacturing, materials transfer and services agreements, the commercialisation, sale and purchase of IP, development, licensing, support and “as a service” arrangements, customer terms and other commercial matters.
Kylie has significant experience in corporate governance, legal compliance and company secretariat duties for NZX-listed issuers and not-for-profit organisations.
Kylie is known for her strong legal and commercial judgment, excellent technical skills, responsiveness and ability to build trusted relationships.
Before joining Flacks & Wong, Kylie was senior in-house counsel at Chorus.
Qualifications
LLB, BA, Victoria University of WellingtonAdmitted
2000, New Zealand
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Jason is a New Zealand-qualified lawyer with over 14 years’ experience, specialising in corporate and commercial law. Jason has expertise in all matters corporate with significant experience in public takeovers and schemes of arrangement, private mergers and acquisitions, governance matters and equity capital markets transactions.
Jason regularly manages competing workstreams to achieve transaction milestones and advises boards and senior management on transactional and day to day matters.
Jason’s experience includes advising on a range of legal matters such as corporate compliance, shareholding, property, finance, financial services, foreign investment and aircraft acquisition matters.
Several transactions on which Jason has advised have won, or been nominated as finalist, for transaction awards at the New Zealand Law Awards (including in the “M&A Deal of the Year” and “Mid-Market Deal of the Year” categories).
Before joining Flacks & Wong, Jason was a senior associate at Harmos Horton Lusk in Auckland.
Qualifications
LLB, BCom (Finance and Accounting), University of Auckland
Chartered Financial Analyst – passed Level 1Admitted
2011, New Zealand
Flacks & Wong has advised:
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minority shareholders on the $200 million sale of Orion Health to TSX-listed Healwell Al
the sole shareholder on its $9 million sale of Civic Waste to NZX-listed WasteCo
the sole shareholder on the sale of Kiwi Self Storage Kilbirnie to Kennards
Lamont & Co on the sale of its shares in the Precinct Properties Residential joint venture to NZX-listed Precinct
the shareholders on their sale of Chevron Traffic Services and Chevtrain to Asplundh Group
NZX-listed Third Age Health on its acquisition of 70% of Hub Aged Care
senior management of Keytone Dairy on the sale of Keytone Dairy to Arrowpoint
the major shareholder on the sale of Cardrona Distillery to Thai Beverage Public Company
JQ Real Estate on its acquisition of Ray White Parnell
the shareholders on their sale of executive search firm Hobson Leavy to NZX-listed Accordant
SeaDragon on the unsolicited offer made by Sheldon for all of the outstanding shares in SeaDragon
Tesbrit, as a major shareholder of 2degrees, on the $1.7 billion merger between 2degrees and Orcon Group
a senior Ziwi executive on the sale of Ziwi to FountainVest Partners
a senior Vend executive on the US$350 million sale of Vend to dual NYSE/TSX-listed Lightspeed
the shareholders on their sale of property management software business Palace to MRI Software
SIX Swiss Exchange-listed Compagnie Financière Tradition on its acquisition of OM Wholesale
Perpetual Guardian on its acquisition of the Givealittle crowdfunding website from the Spark Foundation
senior management of ACG Schools on the sale of ACG Schools by Pacific Equity Partners to Inspired Education
Tesbrit on obtaining Overseas Investment Office consent for acquisitions of shares in 2degrees
NZX-listed Serko on its US share-for-share acquisition of InterplX
Appliance Shed on the sale of its business to Noel Leeming, a division of NZX-listed The Warehouse
the shareholders on their $70 million sale of Compac Sorting Equipment to Euronext Oslo Børs-listed Tomra Systems
Coretex on its $72 million acquisition (by way of merger) of Imarda and International Telematics, and the subsequent subscription by Milford of equity into Coretex
dual NYSE/TASE-listed Teva Pharmaceuticals on the application of New Zealand's overseas investment regime to its proposed US$40 billion acquisition of Mylan
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anihana, ArchiPro, Chapter 2, Glory League, Hello Period, PurePods, SeaDragon, uCOACHu and Zeffer Cider on their respective capital raisings via Snowball Effect
E-Leviate on its pre-seed capital raise, led by Outset Ventures
ANDFOODS on its $2.7 million pre-seed capital raise, led by Icehouse
Miruku on its $8 million pre-Series A capital raise, led by Motion Capital, and its earlier $3.5 million seed capital raise, led by Movac
Motion Capital, as lead investor, on its $1.5 million pre-seed investment in Aspiring Materials
NZX-listed Greenfern Industries on its $5 million rights issue
Leaft Foods on its US$15 million Series A capital raise, led by Khosla Ventures and joined by Ngāi Tahu, ACC New Zealand's Climate Change Impact Fund and Steven Adams
Projectworks on its $3.5 million seed capital raise, led by Punakaiki Fund and also supported by Snowball Effect
Tanarra Capital on its initial and follow-on investments in New Zealand Wool Scouring
Impact Enterprise Fund on its seed, convertible note and Series A investments in CarbonCrop, CertusBio, Cropsy, Grounded Packaging, LearnCoach, Melon Health, Tether, Waikaitu, ZeroJet and Zincovery
Soul Capital as manager of the $20 million Te Pae ki te Rangi impact investment fund established by Foundation North
Grounded Packaging on its A$5 million Series A capital raise, led by Kilara Capital
xTV Networks on its acquisition, and the reverse listing on the ASX, of New Zealand Coastal Seafoods, and its contemporaneous A$14 million IPO in New Zealand and Australia
Keytone Dairy Corporation on its acquisition of Keytone Enterprises (NZ) Company, and its contemporaneous listing on the ASX, and A$30 million IPO in New Zealand and Australia
Coretex on its Series B capital raise, led by Movac
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one of the principal participants involved in the Takeovers Panel's investigations into the acquisition by James Grenon of shares in NZX-listed NZME
NZX-listed SeaDragon on several share allotment transactions to the Masthead group regulated by the Takeovers Code
NZX-listed Finzsoft Solutions on its $10 million public takeover offer by Finzsoft Joint Venture
NZX-listed Finzsoft Solutions on the share transfer by its 85% shareholder, Silverlake HGH, of all of those shares to its two shareholders, being transactions regulated by the Takeovers Code
Coretex on the allotment of shares to, and acquisition of shares by, Milford Private Equity, being transactions regulated by the Takeovers Code
Pioneer Capital, as a substantial shareholder of NZX-listed Orion Health, on the $225 million Hg Capital transaction
Milford Asset Management, as a substantial shareholder of NZX-listed SLI Systems, on the $40 million ESW public takeover offer
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Lamont & Co on its establishment of a multi-unit residential development business with NZX-listed Precinct
Ninety Four Feet on its partnership with NZX-listed Augusta Capital to develop the Lakeview site in Queenstown
Oyster Property Group on its joint venture with KKR to acquire the Central Park Corporate Centre for $209 million, including obtaining Overseas Investment Office consent
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anihana on its private debt facility provided by Pioneer Capital
NZX-listed SeaDragon on debt facilities, including convertible loan notes, provided by the Masthead group
a syndicate of high net worth individuals on an $8 million debt facility made available to ASX-listed Straker Translations to fund its acquisition of Lingotek
Genesis Youth Trust on its (and New Zealand's second) offer of social bonds
APM Workcare on its (and New Zealand's first) offer of social bonds
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NZX-listed issuers on listing rule and corporate governance matters, including continuous disclosure advice, share issue and major/related party transaction approvals, the establishment of dividend reinvestment plans and director fixed trading plans, NZX waiver applications and substantial product holder and director/senior manager disclosures
on investigations by the Financial Markets Authority on potential insider conduct breaches involving NZX-listed issuers
a registered bank, following a statutory request from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, on an independent report on governance matters
the Special Division of NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal on the reverse NZX listing of PaySauce
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NZX-listed issuers, private companies and start-ups on supply, distribution, technology, and services agreements, customer T&Cs and other commercial arrangements
Contact us
Feel free to give one of us a call and let’s chat over a coffee. We don’t charge for an initial discussion and we’ll be upfront on what we think the issues are and whether we can assist.
Contact details for our lawyers appear on the ‘Our team’ section above.
Level 2, Citigroup Centre
23 Customs Street
Auckland Central
Auckland 1010
New Zealand
PO Box 99523
Newmarket
Auckland 1149
New Zealand