Greg Allen

New Zealand

Simpson Grierson
Level 27, 88 Shortland Street
Auckland 1010
New Zealand

Tel: +64 9977 5164

Email: gregory.allen@simpsongrierson.com
Web: www.simpsongrierson.com

Professional Biography

Greg is an expert in real estate and real estate development work.

Hi experience includes acting on large infrastructure, energy, forestry, farm, viticulture and commercial real estate transactions, land acquisitions, and providing property and due diligence advice on many significant corporate transactions.

He has extensive experience on commercial property transactions (including complex design and build projects) and large scale residential and commercial property development (including complex canal and integrated resort developments). Greg also has experience in the acquisition and development of wind and solar farms, hotel acquisitions and developments (including resort developments in Fiji), establishment and acquisition of retirement villages and commercial leasing. Greg has a particular interest in issues related to climate change, adaptation and resilience.

Greg is also an expert on overseas investment, providing advice on property related investments by overseas persons, undertaking land investigations, and preparing applications for Overseas Investment Office approval, including obtaining New Zealand’s first standing consent for a residential land developer.

Greg has previously sat on the Board at Simpson Grierson and is currently the Practice Group Leader of the Real Estate National Practice Group.

Greg is a member of UDINZ, PINZ, NZFI, the Property Council and the Overseas Investment Office Legal Reference Group.

Simpson Grierson has New Zealand’s largest national real estate law team. We help businesses navigate the legislative and regulatory requirements that have given rise to increasingly complex transactions and developments.

We have advised on some of the most significant and ground-breaking deals and developments in New Zealand.

We provide strategic advice to international and local investors on real estate transactions, with particular expertise when needed in obtaining Overseas Investment Office (OIO) consents.

We provide full real estate management support to a number of major landlords and tenants.

We are regarded as New Zealand’s leading public property experts, advising local and central government on large-scale infrastructure projects, with specialist expertise in the Public Works Act.

We work with leading developers on major residential developments and subdivisions, and have particular expertise in sectors including hotels and forestry.

Our team work collaboratively with our other specialist practice areas. If a development requires advice in taxation/structuring, construction, dispute resolution, resource management, or property finance, we engage our specialists to ensure clients benefit from their strategic and cost-effective advice.

Simpson Grierson is one of New Zealand’s leading full service commercial law firms, and also one of the largest.

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We invest in our people, and are determined to make Simpson Grierson one of the best places to work, learn and grow.

Our supportive culture empowers people to thrive and succeed. Working with us means you get to shape the way you work, maintain wellness and balance, and benefit from our sector-leading learning and development programme.

We invest in our clients, earning trust through exceptional service, open communication, and helping them to grow and succeed.

We shape our service around specific client needs, delivering commercially-savvy legal advice while solving problems and anticipating others. Having us in your corner means having the confidence to get on with what you do best.

“Gregory Allen regularly acts on large infrastructure projects, especially those pertaining to forestry, farm and land acquisitions. He also boasts experience handling overseas investment matters.”
Chambers & Partners