Greg Allen

Greg heads the firm's Real Estate National Practice Group. He is an expert in property law and property development work.

Greg's experience includes acting on large infrastructure, energy, forestry, farm 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 acquisitions and large scale residential and commercial property development (including complex canal and integrated resort developments). Greg also has experience in hotel acquisitions and developments (including resort developments in Fiji), and commercial leasing.

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.

Greg enjoys working alongside his clients helping them commence and complete their real estate projects.

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.

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Real Estate

Leading Lawyer

Work Highlights

Fletcher Residential

Lead advisor on Fletcher Residential’s land acquisitions and residential developments. Currently acting on the redevelopment of the Stonefields and Three Kings quarries into high density residential areas and the urban redevelopment of Waiata Shores (previously the Manukau golf course) as a new Auckland suburb and other large urban developments at Whenuapai, Hobsonville Point, Kowhai Ridge - Massey, Karaka, Drury and Flat Bush. Along with obtaining OIO standing consent (first in New Zealand) for its residential land acquisitions.

New Zealand Carbon Farming

Acting in relation to its New Zealand wide forestry leasing program, acquisition of existing forest land and farm land for new forest plantings (for its ETS program).

Vivid Living

Assisting Vivid Living with the establishment of 2 new retirement (lite) villages, including developing the template form of ORA for those developments.

Roxy Pacific

Acted on purchase of ANZ Bank towers, 205 Queen Street and of NZI Building, 1 Fanshawe Street, Auckland CBD.

Event Hospitality

Acting on the acquisition of the Museum Arts (QT) Hotel and of the management rights for Rydges in Wellington and on various other hotel management and leasing matters for its Event Hospitality, including its Event and Rialto cinema operations.

Precision Group

Acted on purchase of Shore City shopping centre.

Scentre Group

Assisting Scentre Group with its retail leasing portfolios in its Westfield malls.

MercyAscot

Advising MercyAscot on various land acquisitions and leasing arrangements for its hospital and medical operations.

Hopper Developments

Canal developments throughout New Zealand, including Pauanui Waterways, Marsden Cove, and Whitianga Waterways.

Constellation Brands

Acting on its viticulture acquisition program.

Macquarie Countrywide

Sale of a half interest in its New Zealand supermarket property portfolio.

OIO

Acted for an overseas investor on the purchase of 2,000 ha of farmland in Taranaki (for forestry planting) and on obtaining Overseas Investment Office approval.

Otahuna Lodge, Canterbury

Advising the overseas purchasers and obtaining Overseas Investment Office approval.

Orora Packaging

Advising on and negotiating an agreement to lease (design and build) and deed of lease from Goodman for a manufacturing and warehousing facility at the M20 Business Park in Manukau.

Tabua Investments

Development and sale of hotel sites, commercial and residential sections, and the leasing of commercial areas at Denarau Island, Fiji.

Corporate transactions

Property advice on corporate transactions, including the proposed purchase by British Gas of Contact Energy assets; Kirin’s purchase of Lion Breweries; advising on property rights relating to the establishment of wind farms and solar power generation assets, the purchase of Whitcoulls and Books & More stores by United Kingdom company WH Smith, the purchase of Clear by Telstra, the joint venture between Auckland One and Westfield, the purchase of the Viking Pacific group, the initial public offering for Gullivers, and the purchase of the Mainland, Tip Top and Top Hat properties.