Murdo Beattie
Partner
Murdo joined Cameron Partners as a founding Partner in 1995 and he has 30 years’ experience in the New Zealand investment banking market. Murdo has led many large and complex mandates and his experience covers the full spectrum of M&A, restructuring and advisory engagements. Murdo has worked on several transactions in regulated industries and also where the Government was the counterparty.
Prior to joining Cameron Partners Murdo’s experience included Head of Business Development at Telecom New Zealand (now Spark), a senior member in the investment banking group at Fay Richwhite & Company, Managing Director and Chief Executive of Fay Richwhite Investment Management Ltd, an investment manager for Tower Insurance and Executive Advisor to the Hon Roger Douglas, Minister of Finance. Murdo has a Master of Social Sciences with First Class Honours from the University of Waikato and is a member of the New Zealand Takeovers Panel.
Selected assignments and transactions include advising:
- Paymark shareholders on the sale of the electronic payment processing business
- Colonial First State Global Asset Management on the acquisition of Vector Gas and the Maui Pipeline for NZ$952.5 million and $335 million respectively
- Chorus on the Government’s regulatory strategy change; and on their response to Commerce Commission UBA pricing decisions
- Telecom New Zealand on its $929 million fibre rollout contract with Crown Fibre Holdings and subsequent demerger of Chorus
- The Independent Directors of Contact Energy in relation to a takeover offers by Origin Energy and Edison Energy
- The NZ Government on its acquisition of an 82% shareholding and recapitalisation of Air New Zealand