Law firm · Melbourne, Perth
Steinepreis Paganin
- Deals
- 56
- M&A
- 29
- Equity raisings
- 27
- Latest
- Nov 2026
What they do
Steinepreis Paganin is a corporate law firm with offices in Perth and Melbourne advising small private companies through to mid-sized ASX listed companies on equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and energy and resources matters.
- Services
- Capital markets law, M&A law
- Specialties
- mining and resources, energy, technology, biotechnology, life sciences
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$9.4m, from A$177,747 to A$453m
- Clients
- Listed companies, Startups and venture-backed companies
- Places served
- AU
- Founded
- 1997
From steinpag.com.au, checked 7 Nov 2026: /about, /areas-of-practice, /
Deals
Columns
56 of 56 deals
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| Nov 2026 | ADX Energy | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Announced | 5.2 | Oil and gas | Mahe Capital (lead manager) | ADX Energy entitlement offer |
| Oct 2026 | Gecko Mining Company | Gold Valley Investment | CuFe | Acquisition | Legal adviser to CuFe (acquirer) | Announced | – | Lithium and battery metals | Sternship Advisers (buy-side) | CuFe acquisition of Gecko Mining Company |
| Oct 2026 | Normandy Minerals | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 8.0 | Gold and silver | Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)BDO (issuer)SRK Consulting (issuer) | Normandy Minerals IPO |
| Sep 2026 | Enova Mining | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 0.5 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Enova Mining entitlement offer | |
| Sep 2026 | Redhill Copper Project | – | Narryer Metals | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Narryer Metals (acquirer) | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Futura Capital (buy-side) | Narryer Metals acquisition of Redhill Copper Project |
| Sep 2026 | Javelin Minerals | – | First Au | Takeover | Legal adviser to Javelin Minerals (target) | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | First Au acquisition of Javelin Minerals |
| Sep 2026 | Tabar Islands Holdings | St Barbara | Lingbao Gold Group | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Lingbao Gold Group Company (acquirer) | Completed | 453.0 | Gold and silver | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Allens (sell-side) | Lingbao Gold Group acquisition of Tabar Islands Holdings |
| Sep 2026 | High Grade Holdings (HGH) | – | Aureka | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Aureka (acquirer) | Announced | 8.9 | Other mining and exploration | QR Lawyers (sell-side)Measured Group (buy-side)Conarco Consulting (buy-side)QValue (buy-side)Harbury (buy-side) | Aureka acquisition of High Grade Holdings (HGH) |
| Jul 2026 | Carnaby Resources | – | Evolution Mining | Scheme | Legal adviser to Carnaby Resources (target) | Completed | 213.0 | Copper and base metals | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Treadstone Resource Partners (buy-side)Allens (buy-side)BDO (sell-side)ERM (sell-side) | Evolution Mining acquisition of Carnaby Resources |
| Jul 2026 | Culpeo Minerals | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 0.6 | Copper and base metals | Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) | Culpeo Minerals entitlement offer |
| Jul 2026 | Tetragon Energy | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 4.0 | Oil and gas | Powerhouse Advisory (lead manager)Salient Corporate (issuer)Parada Rivera Evardone & Salalima Attorneys-at-Law (issuer) | Tetragon Energy IPO |
| Jun 2026 | Edna May Gold Hub | Ramelius Resources | Forrestania Resources | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Forrestania Resources (acquirer) | Announced | 300.0 | Gold and silver | Azure Capital (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side) | Forrestania Resources acquisition of Edna May Gold Hub |
| Jun 2026 | Zuleika Gold | – | CZR Resources | Takeover | Legal adviser to Zuleika Gold (target) | Announced | 44.8 | Gold and silver | HLB Mann Judd (sell-side)Thomsons (buy-side) | CZR Resources acquisition of Zuleika Gold |
| Jun 2026 | Zenith Minerals | – | Forrestania Resources | Takeover | Legal adviser to Forrestania Resources (acquirer) | Announced | 93.5 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Bell Potter (buy-side)PKF (buy-side) | Forrestania Resources acquisition of Zenith Minerals |
| Jun 2026 | Euroz Hartleys Capital Markets business | Euroz Hartleys Group | BMO Financial Group | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Euroz Hartleys Group (seller) | Announced | 145.0 | Asset and wealth management | Grant Samuel (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side) | BMO Financial Group acquisition of Euroz Hartleys Capital Markets business |
| May 2026 | VRX Silica | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 6.2 | Other mining and exploration | Mahe Capital (lead manager) | VRX Silica entitlement offer |
| May 2026 | European Lithium | – | Critical Metals Corp. | Scheme | Legal adviser to European Lithium (target) | Announced | – | Lithium and battery metals | Cantor Fitzgerald (buy-side)Nova Legal (buy-side)Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (buy-side)Poynton Stavrianou (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 |
| May 2026 | KTEK Aerosystems | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 10.0 | Defence and aerospace | CPS Capital Group (lead manager)Tomer Maharshak & Co (issuer)BDO (issuer) | KTEK Aerosystems IPO |
| May 2026 | Carp Fluorspar | – | Evion Group | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Evion Group (acquirer) | Completed | – | Other mining and exploration | BurnVoir (buy-side) | Evion Group acquisition of Carp Fluorspar |
| Apr 2026 | Altair Minerals | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 28.2 | Gold and silver | Sixty Two Capital (lead manager)Argonaut (lead manager)Baker McKenzie | Altair Minerals placement |
| Apr 2026 | Loyal Metals | – | PT Bumi Resources Tbk | Scheme | Legal adviser to Loyal Metals (target) | Completed | 79.1 | Copper and base metals | RSM (sell-side)MinVal (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side) | PT Bumi Resources Tbk acquisition of Loyal Metals |
| Apr 2026 | NT Minerals | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Announced | 1.0 | Gold and silver | NT Minerals entitlement offer | |
| Apr 2026 | Hyterra | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 7.0 | Oil and gas | Hyterra entitlement offer | |
| Apr 2026 | Desert Metals | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 0.2 | Gold and silver | CPS Capital Group (lead manager) | Desert Metals entitlement offer |
| Mar 2026 | 49 Metals | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 10.0 | Gold and silver | CPS Capital Group (lead manager)BDO (issuer)Parsons Behle & Latimer (issuer) | 49 Metals IPO |
| Feb 2026 | Great Bear Copper-Gold-Silver-Uranium Project | White Cliff Minerals | HCD | Asset sale | Legal adviser to HCD (acquirer) | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | HCD acquisition of Great Bear Copper-Gold-Silver-Uranium Project | |
| Feb 2026 | Horizon Minerals | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 175.0 | Gold and silver | Petra Capital (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) | Horizon Minerals placement |
| Feb 2026 | MB Gold | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 6.0 | Gold and silver | Ventnor (lead manager)Hall Chadwick (issuer)ERM (issuer) | MB Gold IPO |
| Feb 2026 | Cannindah Resources | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 15.0 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | Cannindah Resources placement |
| Jan 2026 | Barkly Rare Earths | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 8.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Leeuwin Wealth (lead manager)Cumulus Wealth (lead manager)Teniere Geoconsulting Services (issuer)HLB Mann Judd (issuer)Ward Keller (issuer) | Barkly Rare Earths IPO |
| Jan 2026 | Electrum Discovery Corp. | – | MinRex Resources | Merger | Legal adviser to MinRex Resources | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Farris LLPThomsonsGowling WLG | MinRex Resources and Electrum Discovery Corp. merger |
| Dec 2025 | Alexium International Group | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 6.8 | Chemicals and fertilisers | Alexium International Group entitlement offer | |
| Dec 2025 | Exultant Mining | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 5.0 | Copper and base metals | GBA Capital (lead manager)Bay Financial (lead manager)Hall Chadwick (issuer)Mining Insights (issuer)Mining Access Legal (issuer) | Exultant Mining IPO |
| Dec 2025 | St Barbara Mining | St Barbara | Lingbao Gold Group Company | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Lingbao Gold Group Company (acquirer) | Completed | 390.0 | Gold and silver | Lingbao Gold Group Company acquisition of St Barbara Mining | |
| Nov 2025 | Pathkey.AI | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 0.9 | Software | GBA Capital (lead manager) | Pathkey.AI entitlement offer |
| Nov 2025 | Panther Metals | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 0.8 | Gold and silver | Panther Metals entitlement offer | |
| Nov 2025 | Mayfield Childcare | – | Embark Early Education | Takeover | Legal adviser to Mayfield Childcare (target) | Announced | 37.7 | Education and childcare | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Unified Capital Partners (buy-side) | Embark Early Education acquisition of Mayfield Childcare |
| Oct 2025 | Carnaby Resources | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 12.5 | Copper and base metals | BurnVoirTalbot Sayer | Carnaby Resources placement |
| Oct 2025 | Kula Gold | – | Forrestania Resources | Takeover | Legal adviser to Forrestania Resources (acquirer) | Completed | 58.9 | Gold and silver | Bell Potter (buy-side)Atkinson Corporate Lawyers (sell-side)Euroz Hartleys (sell-side) | Forrestania Resources acquisition of Kula Gold |
| Oct 2025 | Nexsen | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 6.0 | Medical devices and technology | Alpine Capital (lead manager)Reign Advisory (issuer)Moore Australia (issuer)Frost & Sullivan (issuer)Patenteur (issuer) | Nexsen IPO |
| Sep 2025 | Lotus Resources | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 65.0 | Uranium | Barrenjoey (lead manager)Jett Capital Advisors (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Argonaut (lead manager)Petra Capital (lead manager) | Lotus Resources placement |
| Aug 2025 | archTIS | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 17.0 | Software | Henslow (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | archTIS entitlement offer |
| Aug 2025 | Optiscan Imaging | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 17.8 | Medical devices and technology | Canaccord Genuity (issuer) | Optiscan Imaging entitlement offer |
| Aug 2025 | GoviEx Uranium | – | Tombador Iron | Scheme | Legal adviser to Tombador Iron (acquirer) | Announced | – | Uranium | Yelverton Capital (buy-side)Farris LLP (buy-side)Galanopoulos & Company (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Stifel (sell-side)Norton Rose Fulbright (sell-side) | Tombador Iron acquisition of GoviEx Uranium |
| Aug 2025 | Red Mountain Mining | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 0.2 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Red Mountain Mining entitlement offer | |
| Jun 2025 | Luerssen Australia | – | Civmec | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Civmec (acquirer) | Completed | – | Defence and aerospace | Civmec acquisition of Luerssen Australia | |
| Mar 2025 | Henty Gold Mine and associated Tasmanian exploration tenements | Catalyst Metals | Kaiser Reef | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Kaiser Reef (acquirer) | Announced | 31.6 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (buy-side) | Kaiser Reef acquisition of Henty Gold Mine and associated Tasmanian exploration tenements |
| Mar 2025 | Pine Ridge Uranium Project | Stakeholder Energy | Global Uranium and Enrichment | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Global Uranium and Enrichment (acquirer) | Announced | – | Uranium | Canaccord Genuity (buy-side) | Global Uranium and Enrichment acquisition of Pine Ridge Uranium Project |
| Mar 2025 | Van Uden Gold Project | Montague Resources Australia | TG Metals | Asset sale | Legal adviser to TG Metals (acquirer) | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Futura Capital (buy-side) | TG Metals acquisition of Van Uden Gold Project |
| Feb 2025 | Karora (Lakewood) | Westgold Resources | Black Cat Syndicate | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Black Cat Syndicate (acquirer) | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Black Cat Syndicate acquisition of Karora (Lakewood) | |
| Feb 2025 | King Energy | – | Whitebark Energy | Takeover | Legal adviser to Whitebark Energy (acquirer) | Completed | – | Oil and gas | AE Advisors (buy-side)Business Initiatives (buy-side)EMK Lawyers (sell-side) | Whitebark Energy acquisition of King Energy |
| Feb 2025 | Evion Group | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 0.7 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) | Evion Group entitlement offer |
| Feb 2025 | IDM International | – | Blackstone Minerals | Scheme | Legal adviser to Blackstone Minerals (acquirer) | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Discovery Capital Partners (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (sell-side)BDO (sell-side) | Blackstone Minerals and IDM International merger |
| Feb 2025 | Stunalara Metals | – | Inca Minerals | Takeover | Legal adviser to Inca Minerals (acquirer) | Announced | 1.8 | Gold and silver | Calder Roth & Co (buy-side)EMK Lawyers (sell-side)Moore Australia (sell-side) | Inca Minerals acquisition of Stunalara Metals |
| Jan 2025 | Aston Minerals | – | Torque Metals | Scheme | Legal adviser to Aston Minerals (target) | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Allion Partners (buy-side) | Torque Metals and Aston Minerals merger |
| Dec 2024 | De Grey Mining | – | Northern Star Resources | Scheme | Legal adviser to De Grey Mining (target) | Completed | – | Gold and silver | KPMG (sell-side)Azure Capital (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side) | Northern Star Resources acquisition of De Grey Mining |
Listed on their website
- Steinepreis Paganin has advised Lingbao Gold on completion of its A$390 million acquisition of a 50% plus one share interest in the Simberi Gold Project A$390 million
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
- Hamilton Locke
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- Allens
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- Johnson Winter Slattery
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Repeat clients
- Forrestania Resources3 deals
- Carnaby Resources2 deals
- Evion Group2 deals
- Lingbao Gold Group Company2 deals
People on these deals
- Nicholas Barclay 2 deals
- Alek Norris 1 deal
- Anna Prior 1 deal
- Hugo Shervington 1 deal
- Peter Wall 1 deal
- Pia Drummond 1 deal
- Sophia Azzopardi 1 deal
- Stephanie DiVirgillio 1 deal
- Toby Hicks 1 deal
Offices and contact
Offices
- Melbourne Level 6, 99 William Street, VIC 3000 +61 3 9111 9400 Office page ↗
- Perth Level 14, QV1 Building, 250 St Georges Terrace, WA 6000 +61 8 9321 4000 Office page ↗