Nigel Oliver
Partner
- Nigel Oliver
- Partner
- Christchurch
- Banking & Finance | Financial Services
Nigel and his team provide a wide range of advice to Anthony Harper’s bank and financial institution clients, including merger and acquisition finance, project finance, property finance, consumer finance and working capital facilities. He is also involved with advising public companies, capital market fundraising and regulatory compliance.
Awards
- Nigel is a 'Leading Individual' in the 2019 - 2021 Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guides where clients noted him to be 'quick to respond, has good business acumen and is highly commercial’.
- He is also ranked in the 2021 Chambers and Partners Directory, where he is praised by clients as a "good communicator" with "extensive knowledge" and "superb work ethics."
Experience
- Advising banks on all aspects of institutional, corporate, commercial, business and agri-business lending, including legal due diligence for banking transactions, structuring advice, documentation preparation and negotiations, syndications and other multi bank transactions including security sharing both domestically and worldwide.
- Advising corporate borrowers on banking facilities, including advice on the terms of banking documentation, preparing Board summaries, negotiating and finalising documents and satisfaction of all borrower conditions precedent and preparing banking facility compliance memorandums.
- Financial transactions involving the use of natural resources, including water rights for irrigation schemes for the dairy and viticulture industries.
- Financial product development and opinion work.
- Foreign law legal opinions.
- Consumer lending compliance, product development and standard form document preparation.
- IPOs for Connexionz Limited, Westcoast Brewing Limited and NZ Windfarms Limited.
- Stock Exchange listing for Connexionz Limited and NZ Windfarms Limited.
- Advising on compliance programmes, including Financial Markets Conduct Act and New Zealand Stock Exchange compliance.
Credentials
- LLB, University of Canterbury
Admitted
- 1986
Professional Associations
- Member Institute of Directors