What they do
Nova Legal is a corporate law firm advising on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and mining and resources work, acting for ASX-listed and private companies, corporate advisers, underwriters and private equity groups.
- Services
- M&A law, Capital markets law
- Specialties
- Mining & Resources
- Kinds of deal
- Cross border transactions (including liaison with in-country advisors)
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$5.5m, from A$935,487 to A$10m
- Clients
- Listed companies, Private equity
- Places served
- US, CA
From novalegal.com.au, checked 7 Nov 2026: /mergers-acquisitions/, /capital-markets/, /mining-resources/
Deals
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3 of 3 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Identifai Genetics | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 10.0 | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | Aesir Corporate (lead manager)Gornitzky (issuer)Herzog Patents (Cohn, de Vries, Stadler & Co.) (issuer)RSM (issuer)Pendragon Capital (issuer) | Identifai Genetics IPO |
| May 2026 | European Lithium | – | Critical Metals Corp. | Scheme | Legal adviser to Critical Metals Corp. (acquirer) | Announced | – | Lithium and battery metals | Cantor Fitzgerald (buy-side)Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (buy-side)Poynton Stavrianou (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)Winston Taylor (sell-side)Horizon Nexus Partners (sell-side)Valuation and Resource Management (sell-side)EY (sell-side)22 Corporate Advisory (sell-side) | Critical Metals Corp. acquisition of European Lithium |
| Mar 2025 | Corella Resources | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 0.9 | Other mining and exploration | CPS Capital Group (lead manager) | Corella Resources entitlement offer |
Listed on their website
- Patrys Limited (ASX:PAB) Acquisition of Reliis Pty Ltd (proprietary injectable formulation of Quetiapine)
- Catalina Resources Limited (ASX:CTN) Option to acquire BGM Metals Pty Ltd (WA Copper/Gold Projects)
- Great Northern Minerals Limited (ASX:GNM) Acquisition of Iron Butte Gold-Silver Project in Nevada, USA
- Noble Helium Limited (ASX:NHE) $12m Placement $12m
- C29 Metals Limited (ASX:C29) $4.7m Placement $4.7m
- SSH Group Ltd (ASX:SSH) Binding Share Sale Agreement to acquire Elphinstone Mechanical Services
- Pure Resources Ltd (ASX:PR1) $3m Placement $3m
- Perpetual Resources Limited (ASX:PEC) $2.5m Placement $2.5m
- Boresight Ltd (ASX:BST) $8m IPO $8m
- Perpetual Resources Limited (ASX:PEC) Acquisition of Nevada Scheelite Tungsten Mine
- White Cliff Minerals Limited (ASX:WCN) $5.8m spin-out of Canadian Great Bear Project to Great Bear Exploration Ltd (ASX:GBL) $5.8m
- Cooper Metals Limited (ASX:CPM) Acquisition of Pyramid Gold Project from AIC Mines (by way of asset swap)
- Perpetual Resources Ltd (ASX: PEC) Acquisition of Raptor Caldeira REE Project in Brazil and $2M Capital Raising
- Adisyn Ltd (ASX: AI1) $10m Placement $10m
- Scorpion Minerals Ltd (ASX: SCN) Farm-In / Joint Venture Agreement & $1.5m Placement $1.5m
- Haranga Resources Ltd (ASX: HAR) $6m Placement $6m
- Haranga Resources Ltd (ASX: HAR) Acquisition of Seduli Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd and Californian Gold Project
- Corella Resources Ltd (ASX: CR9) $935,487 Entitlement Issue $935,487
- White Cliff Minerals Limited (ASX: WCN) $14.4m Dual Structure Equity Placement $14.4m
- Locksley Resources Limited (ASX: LKY) $1.47m Placement $1.47m
- Green Critical Minerals Ltd (ASX: GCM) $7m Institutional Placement $7m
- Haranga Resources Ltd (ASX: HAR) Acquisition of Californian based Lincoln Gold Project and $14m Placement $14m
- Carrier Connect Data Solutions Inc (TSXV: CCDS) Acquisition of Tier II/III Perth Based Data-Centre from Nexion Group Ltd (ASX: NNG)
- Great Northern Minerals Ltd (ASX: GNM) Acquisition of California based Catalyst Ridge Project and $2.6m Placement $2.6m
- Vection Technologies Ltd (ASX: VR1) $21m Placement $21m
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- Poynton Stavrianou
1 dealCompare - Steinepreis Paganin1 dealCompare
- Winston Taylor1 dealCompare
- Horizon Nexus Partners1 dealCompare
- Valuation and Resource Management1 dealCompare
- EY
1 dealCompare - 22 Corporate Advisory1 dealCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
Offices and contact
Contact
- Website
- novalegal.com.au ↗
- Phone
- +61 8 9466 3177
- Enquiries
- Contact page ↗
- Company page ↗
From the firm's own website.
Offices
- West PerthHead office Level 2, 50 Kings Park Road, WA 6005 +61 8 9466 3177 Office page ↗