Welcome to Flacks & Wong.
Your corporate law experts.
A snapshot of what we do
We advise listed and private companies, private equity and venture capital funds, entrepreneurs, and start-ups on buying, selling and investing in businesses, raising capital in the public and private markets and on their important commercial transactions.
We provide strategic, corporate governance and regulatory advice to boards of directors, senior executives and corporates.
We advise on general corporate and commercial matters.
We are a specialist corporate law firm based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Our directors, David Flacks and Daniel Wong, together have many years' top‑tier domestic and international experience across all areas of corporate and commercial law including:
- Buying, selling and investing in businesses, including Takeovers Code transactions
- Capital raisings, including seed, venture capital and private equity funding, and IPOs
- Strategic and corporate governance advice
- Resolving board, and shareholder, disputes and ownership issues
- Joint ventures, shareholders’ arrangements and other commercial transactions
- Advising on financial markets regulatory investigations and proceedings
Although we specialise in corporate law, we regularly access other areas of expertise as required to provide the full range of legal services. We take responsibility for project managing those other experts so that you have a single point of contact
Why work with us?
- "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)
- 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
Our expertise is independently recognised:
- Leading firm for Corporate/Commercial in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
- Leading firm for Corporate and M&A in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
- David Flacks and Daniel Wong are each individually ranked for Corporate/Commercial in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
- Daniel Wong is in the elite tier of leading individuals for Corporate and M&A in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
- David Flacks and Daniel Wong are each individually ranked for M&A and Governance, and Capital Markets in the 2024 edition of Lexology Index
- Daniel Wong is individually ranked for Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in New Zealand™
- Finalist for "Boutique Law Firm of the Year" at the last eight New Zealand Law Awards (2017-2024)
- Winner of "Boutique Law Firm of the Year" at the New Zealand Law Awards 2019
- Winner of "Mid-Market Deal of the Year" at the New Zealand Law Awards 2016
Flacks & Wong has advised:
- 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
- E-Leviate on its pre-seed capital raise, led by Outset Ventures
- 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
- 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
- the major shareholder on the sale of Cardrona Distillery to Thai Beverage Public Company
- JQ Real Estate on its acquisition of Ray White Parnell
- anihana, ArchiPro, Chapter 2, Glory League, Hello Period, PurePods, uCOACHu and Zeffer Cider on their respective capital raisings via Snowball Effect
- Lamont & Co on its establishment of a multi-unit residential development business with NZX-listed Precinct
- the shareholders on their sale of executive search firm Hobson Leavy to NZX-listed Accordant
- anihana on its private debt facility provided by Pioneer Capital
- SeaDragon on the unsolicited offer made by Sheldon for all of the outstanding shares in SeaDragon
- NZX-listed Greenfern Industries on its $5 million rights issue
- Tesbrit, as a major shareholder of 2degrees, on the $1.7 billion merger between 2degrees and Orcon Group
- 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
- a senior Ziwi executive on the sale of Ziwi to FountainVest Partners
- 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
- 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
- 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
- NZX-listed SeaDragon on various matters, including transactions regulated by the Takeovers Code and/or the NZX Listing Rules, an NZX waiver, its delisting from NZX and subsequent USX listing, facilities provided by the Masthead group and an equity offer to existing shareholders via a crowdfunding platform
- on investigations by the Financial Markets Authority on potential insider conduct breaches involving NZX-listed issuers
- SIX Swiss Exchange-listed Compagnie Financière Tradition on its acquisition of OM Wholesale
- NZX-listed Finzsoft Solutions on its $10 million public takeover offer by Finzsoft Joint Venture
- Perpetual Guardian on its acquisition of the Givealittle crowdfunding website from the Spark Foundation
- a registered bank, following a statutory request from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, on an independent report on governance matters
- Ninety Four Feet on its partnership with NZX-listed Augusta Capital to develop the Lakeview site in Queenstown
- 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
- senior management of ACG Schools on the sale of ACG Schools by Pacific Equity Partners to Inspired Education
- Coretex on its Series B capital raise, led by Movac
- the Special Division of NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal on the reverse NZX listing of PaySauce
- 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
- 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 takeover offer
- Appliance Shed on the sale of its business to Noel Leeming, a division of NZX-listed The Warehouse
- 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
- 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
- NZX-listed Serko on the establishment of its non-executive director fixed trading share plan
- 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
- 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
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. Alternatively, please contact us by completing this form.
Level 2, Citigroup Centre
23 Customs Street
Auckland Central
Auckland 1010
New Zealand
PO Box 99523
Newmarket
Auckland 1149
New Zealand