Steve Gallaugher > MinterEllisonRuddWatts > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Offices
PWC TOWER, 15 CUSTOMS STREET WEST
PO BOX 105 249
AUCKLAND 1143
New Zealand
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Steve Gallaugher
Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
Partner and Head of Banking and Finance
Career
Steve is a leading acquisition, syndicated, corporate, project, property, and mergers and acquisitions finance lawyer with almost 20 years’ experience. He regularly advises on the largest and most complex financings in New Zealand.
Steve is an expert in uni-tranche, first/second lien loans, syndicated, and bilateral finance transactions. His experience spans a wide range of industries, including childcare, healthcare, education, agribusiness, technology, telecommunications and media, infrastructure, transport, and energy.
He advises senior bank syndicates, mezzanine lenders, non-bank lenders, underwriters, domestic and offshore purchasers, investment banks, corporate borrowers, and private equity sponsors on New Zealand and cross-border acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, restructuring and general corporate finance.
Steve is also well known in New Zealand’s project and property finance sectors. He has helped structure, execute, finance, and reorganise numerous New Zealand real estate transactions spanning residential, commercial, industrial, social housing, and development projects. He has acted on all of the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) brought to market in New Zealand and continues to act on the majority of them in various capacities.
Languages
English
Education
LLB, BCom (Finance)
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Banking and finance
(Leading individuals)Well-regarded for its ‘pragmatic and commercial’ approach, MinterEllisonRuddWatts is trusted by investment banks, financial institutions, sponsors, issuers, trustees, corporates, and government departments on the full gamut of banking and finance mandates. The ‘top-notch’ team is highly capable of handling regulation and compliance matters, financial restructuring, sustainable finance and leverage, and private capital finance. The practice is jointly led by the ‘diligent’ Steve Gallaugher and Jeremy Muir
. Gallaugher is an expert in unitranche, syndicated, and bilateral finance transactions, while Muir is recommended for his expertise in cryptocurrencies, digital tokens and coins, non-fungible tokens, and other blockchain projects. The ‘very experienced’ Kate Lane is a key port of call for New Zealand’s major banks and major corporates. Chris O’Brien has significant public law experience, regularly handling large-scale, multi-disciplinary projects. Other key individuals include Simon Gray, who is noted for his interest in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and associate Allison Hancock, who advises both financiers and borrowers on all types of financing transactions and banking matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Competition law
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Transport (rail, road, air and sea)
- Projects and resources management (including environment)
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
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