Aoife O'Gorman

Ee-fahShe/HerSpecial Counsel

We are grateful to Aoife O'Gorman and the DLA Piper team for providing excellent advice to Yamaha Motor on this highly complex cross-border transaction, contributing with business acumen and a good sense for progressing the transaction smoothly and successfully.

— Haruka Onishi, Legal Manager, Yamaha Motor Ventures

Emailaoife.ogorman@dlapiper.com

Call+64 9 300 3813

Auckland

About

Areas of FocusCorporate Mergers and Acquisitions Restructuring Consumer Goods, Food and Retail Financial Services Energy and Natural Resources Insurance Life Sciences Healthcare Technology

Bar admissionsBarrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New ZealandSolicitor regulated by the Law Society of Ireland

EXPERIENCE

Acting for Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd's on its successful acquisition of Robotics Plus and subsidiaries.
Advising John Deere on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Cloudscape Limited
Acting for Tracksuit on its consecutive series A and series B capital raise and secondary sales.
Advised Ecolab Inc. on all aspects of its cornerstone investment in New Zealand software company Fingermark.
Advised Bessemer Venture Partners, a US venture capital fund with over US$5 billion under management, on its Series C investment in Halter USA, Inc and its subsidiaries.
Advising a large offshore investment manager on its submission to a competitive bid process to acquire a mjaority shareholding in one of New Zealand's largest forest owners.
Advised Energy Bay Limited on its inaugural New Zealand based joint venture to construct and operate a NZD$45 million Solar Farm in Maungaturoto.
Advised Olympus on all aspects of its first ever VC investment outside the US.
Acted for Bank of Queensland on the sale of its New Zealand loan book to New Zealand's largest non-bank lender, UDC Finance Limited
Acted for venture capital firm Finistere Ventures on its investment in the seed series capital raise of Scentian Bio Limited, a raise jointly led by Finistere Ventures and Toyota Ventures
Acting for GE (General Electric) on various matters including its current global reorganisation.
Acting for Pfizer on its various acquisitions, dispositions and internal reorganisations.
Advising Waterlogic, a portfolio company of PE firm Castik Capital, on its 100% acquisition of the assets and business of New Zealand owned and operated distributor, Merquip Limited.
Advising OSF Digital, salesforce partner and global provider of commerce solutions and digital transformation services, on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in digital transformation company Adept Group Limited.
Advising global venture capital firm, Bessemer Venture Partners, on its US$6 million Series A financing of New Zealand-based cloud computing growth company Portainer.
Advising SPX FLOW INC. on the sale of its New Zealand business as a going concern to long term customer and distributor, AxFlow Holding AB.