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Brian Coburn

Brian is a partner who practices in the commercial property sector. He is a highly regarded commercial property expert with over 30 years’ experience. He specialises in premium office property sales, acquisitions and leasing. A large part of Brian’s practice has involved representing offshore high net worth investors over the past 20 years in the acquisition and leasing of an extensive portfolio of premium commercial office buildings throughout the country. He is highly trusted by such investors to act as their domestic representative for the purpose of acquiring commercial investment properties and negotiating leasing agreements with corporate and public sector tenants. Notably, his work has also included assisting offshore investors to obtain regulatory consent for the acquisition of islands and other sensitive land in this country. Brian is also an expert in retirement village law in this country. He has advised both large and small corporate operators in the village industry on best practice regulatory compliance and documentation. He has represented Metlifecare Limited, one of the leading retirement village operators in the country and also smaller fresh field village developments such as Speldhurst Village , The Palms Lifestyle Village and Richmond Villas. · Hesketh Henry

New ZealandReal Estate, Commercial PropertyEnglish

About

Brian is a partner and highly regarded commercial property expert with over 30 years’ experience, specialising in premium office property sales, acquisitions and leasing. He has spent over 20 years representing offshore high net worth investors in acquiring and leasing premium commercial office buildings, acting as their domestic representative and assisting with regulatory consent for islands and other sensitive land; he is also an expert in retirement village law and has advised major and smaller village operators including Metlifecare Limited, Speldhurst Village, The Palms Lifestyle Village and Richmond Villas.

Practice areas

Real EstateCommercial PropertyCommercial LeasingProperty AcquisitionRetirement Villages

Office

Expertise

Premium office buildingsOffshore investor representationDomestic representation for foreign buyersAcquisition of islands and sensitive land (regulatory consent)Retirement village law and regulatory compliance

Languages

English