Nirangjan Nagarajah

Partner
Melbourne

Biography

Nirangjan is a partner in our Corporate Advisory group.

His practice centres on M&A with particular expertise in advising major investment funds, private equity, financial sponsors, as well as listed companies on a wide range of commercial transactions, including in the energy and infrastructure sector. His practice also specialises in public M&A transactions, having advised on a number of significant transactions involving ASX-listed companies.

Nirangjan has previously worked at the Takeovers Panel and in the corporate finance division of the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC).

Experience

Nirangjan’s experience includes advising:

  • MidOcean Energy (an EIG portfolio company) on its proposed $18.2 billion acquisition of Origin Energy by way of scheme of arrangement, in consortium with Brookfield.

  • Brookfield on its role in the proposed $9 billion consortium acquisition of AGL Energy, in consortium with Grok Ventures.

  • Brookfield on its $1.1 billion sale of the Port of Geelong to Spirit Super and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.

  • KKR on its acquisition of Perpetual’s corporate trust and wealth management businesses by way of multiple schemes of arrangement and concurrent demerger of Perpetual’s asset management business.

  • River Capital on its takeover bid for Locality Planning Energy.

  • Brookfield on its acquisition of Genesee & Wyoming Inc and the subsequent divestment of the Australian business (now called One Rail) to a consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management and PGGM.

  • Brookfield on its role in the consortium acquisition of Uniti Group by $3.6 billion scheme of arrangement.

  • Igneo Infrastructure Partners on multiple M&A transactions in renewable energy, including acquisitions from John Laing, BlackRock, Macquarie, and InfraRed to form one of Australia’s largest operational renewable energy platforms.

  • FRV on the sale of 49% of FRV Australia to Canadian pension fund OMERS Infrastructure.

  • QIC and Royal Schiphol Group on their $60 million acquisition of a 70% stake in Hobart Airport.

  • Vast Solar on its entry into a business combination agreement with Nabors Energy Transition Corp.

  • Hertz Australia on its navigation of the global Hertz Chapter 11 insolvency process.

Awards and Recognition

  • Doyle's Guide 2021

    Recognised as a Rising Star.

  • The Best Lawyers in Australia 2026

    Ranked for Corporate / Governance Practice, Corporate Law, Equity Capital Markets Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law