Partner, Wellington
Steve Nightingale
Contact
- Wellington office
- DDI +64 4 498 7312
- M +64 27 668 2832
Profile
Steve specialises in corporate law and has over 20 years' experience.
Steve has broad experience in M&A, takeovers, capital raising, joint ventures, limited partnerships, employee equity / incentives, and complex commercial contracts. He is also an expert in emissions trading.
His clients include listed companies, large unlisted businesses, high growth tech companies and public sector entities.
Steve has completed executive education courses in M&A and corporate finance at Melbourne Business School, and venture capital at University of California, Berkeley.
"Steve Nightingale is highly respected for his work in the technology sphere and has extensive experience in acting for both government and private clients."
Chambers and Partners
- Recommended as a leading lawyer by IFLR1000
- Member of Angel HQ and an early stage company investor
- Member of New Zealand Private Capital Association and Institute of Directors
Experience
Sector / Expertise
- Agribusiness, horticulture and forestry
- Capital markets
- Climate change and emissions trading
- Cooperatives
- Corporate and commercial
- Corporate governance
- Joint ventures
- Early stage and high growth companies
- Electricity
- Energy and resources
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Overseas investment
- Private equity
- Takeovers
- Technology, media and telecommunications
- Transport
- Venture capital
International
Work highlights
Advised Infratil
on the sale of its 65.5% shareholding in Tilt Renewables for ~$2b (the transaction is conditional and subject to completion)
Advisor on venture capital fund raises
including for IMAGR, Mobi2Go, Predict HQ, Timely and Spotlight Reporting
Advised Infratil and Brookfield
on their $3.4b acquisition of Vodafone NZ
Advised Contact Energy
on its acquisitions of Simply Energy, Western Energy Services and energyclubnz
Advised on establishment of DrylandCarbon fund
Advised investment banking firm Lewis Tucker on setting up the fund and investments from Air New Zealand, Contact Energy, Genesis Energy and Z Energy
Advised Infratil
on the $75m equity commitment (with WCC) to Wellington International Airport
Alternate contacts
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