What they do
Ashurst Perkins Coie is a global law firm whose M&A practice advises corporates, sponsors, funds and family offices on public and private M&A, alongside capital markets, private equity and restructuring work.
- Services
- M&A law, Capital markets law, Private equity law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law, Banking and finance law
- Specialties
- financial services, energy, resources, transportation, infrastructure, media, telecommunications, healthcare, technology, manufacturing
- Kinds of deal
- family-owned exits, founder-owned exits, take-privates
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$651m, from A$36.5m to A$14bn
- Clients
- Corporates, Private equity, Investors and funds
- Team
- 3500
From ashurstperkinscoie.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /en/what-we-do/mergers-and-acquisitions/, /en/what-we-do/capital-markets/, /
Deals
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| Oct 2026 | Cleanaway Waste Management | – | Sedum Group | Scheme | Legal adviser to Cleanaway Waste Management (target) | Announced | 9,300.0 | Waste and environmental services | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) | EQT AB Group acquisition of Cleanaway Waste Management |
| Oct 2026 | Vector Renewables | Nadara Italy | Algebris Green Transition Fund (Algebris Investments) | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Algebris Investments (acquirer) | Announced | – | Renewable energy and storage | Algebris Green Transition Fund (Algebris Investments) acquisition of Vector Renewables | |
| Oct 2026 | Heidi | – | Blackbird | Stake | Legal adviser to the issuer; Legal adviser to Heidi (target) | Completed | – | Medical devices and technology | Blackbird stake in Heidi | |
| Sep 2026 | Mechanical Engineering division of Goodwin PLC (Goodwin Steel Castings Limited, Goodwin International Limited, Noreva GmbH, Easat Group and the Pumps Division) | Goodwin | Affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Goodwin (seller) | Announced | 2,118.5 | Industrial products and machinery | Affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. acquisition of Mechanical Engineering division of Goodwin PLC (Goodwin Steel Castings Limited, Goodwin International Limited, Noreva GmbH, Easat Group and the Pumps Division) | |
| Sep 2026 | Kinetic | – | Continuation vehicle managed by Foresight Group | Acquisition | Legal adviser to the issuer | Announced | – | Transport and logistics | Continuation vehicle managed by Foresight Group acquisition of Kinetic | |
| Aug 2026 | BetMakers Technology Group | – | Tabcorp Holdings | Scheme | Legal adviser to BetMakers Technology Group (target) | Announced | 267.0 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Barrenjoey (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) | Tabcorp Holdings acquisition of BetMakers Technology Group |
| Aug 2026 | Elevra Lithium | – | – | Convertible | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 66.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Elevra Lithium equity raising | |
| Jul 2026 | Cloudstaff Holdings | Navegar II (Singapore) | Engelmann Capital | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Engelmann Capital (acquirer) | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Mills Oakley (sell-side)Lawson Jepps & Co. (sell-side)William BlairBDO (sell-side) | Engelmann Capital acquisition of Cloudstaff Holdings |
| Jun 2026 | South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets | South32 | Alcoa | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Alcoa (acquirer) | Announced | 6,824.4 | Other mining and exploration | Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Davis Polk (buy-side)Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (buy-side) | Alcoa acquisition of South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets |
| Jun 2026 | Steadfast Group | – | Amwins Group | Scheme | Legal adviser to Amwins Group (acquirer) | Announced | 7,700.0 | Insurance | J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Citi (sell-side)Insight Capital Advisors (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side) | Dragoneer Investment Group acquisition of Steadfast Group |
| Jun 2026 | Partnered Health Group | Funds managed and/or advised by Quadrant Private Equity | Bupa | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Bupa (acquirer) | Announced | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Bupa acquisition of Partnered Health Group | |
| Jun 2026 | Tahmoor Coal Group assets | Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd and Bargo Collieries Pty Ltd (in liquidation) | Consortium | Asset sale | Legal adviser to McGrathNicol, as liquidators of Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd and Bargo Collieries (target) | Completed | – | Coal | Gilbert + Tobin | Consortium acquisition of Tahmoor Coal Group assets |
| Jun 2026 | Tahmoor Coal Group business and assets (Tahmoor Coal Mine) | Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd and Bargo Collieries Pty Ltd (in liquidation) | M Resources | Asset sale | Legal adviser to McGrathNicol’s Shaun Fraser and Jonathon Henry, as joint and several liquidators of Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd and Bargo Collieries (target) | Completed | – | Coal | M Resources acquisition of Tahmoor Coal Group business and assets (Tahmoor Coal Mine) | |
| Jun 2026 | Investment management business of Starz Real Estate | – | Qualitas | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Qualitas (acquirer) | Announced | 36.5 | Asset and wealth management | Qualitas acquisition of Investment management business of Starz Real Estate | |
| May 2026 | Elevra Lithium | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 250.0 | Lithium and battery metals | UBS (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | Elevra Lithium placement |
| Mar 2026 | Syrah Resources | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 104.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Macquarie Capital (lead manager) | Syrah Resources entitlement offer |
| Feb 2026 | Bapcor | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 200.0 | Automotive | Macquarie Capital (lead manager)Clayton Utz (lead manager) | Bapcor entitlement offer |
| Feb 2026 | Five operational solar farms across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria | Lightsource bp | Aula Energy | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Aula Energy (acquirer) | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | Aula Energy acquisition of Five operational solar farms across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria | |
| Feb 2026 | Transport business of UGL | UGL | Sojitz | Stake | Legal adviser to Sojitz (acquirer) | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Bell Gully | Sojitz stake in Transport business of UGL |
| Jan 2026 | Diversified United Investment | – | Australian United Investment Company | Scheme | Legal adviser to Diversified United Investment (target) | Withdrawn | – | Listed investment vehicles | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Kroll (sell-side) | Australian United Investment Company and Diversified United Investment merger |
| Jan 2026 | Hamilton Island | Oatley Family | Blackstone | Acquisition | Legal adviser to the Oatley Family (target) | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Clayton Utz (buy-side) | Blackstone acquisition of Hamilton Island |
| Dec 2025 | Rana Gruber ASA | – | Champion Iron | Takeover | Legal adviser to Champion Iron (acquirer) | Completed | – | Iron ore and steel | BAHR (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side)McCarthy Tétrault (buy-side)Clarksons Securities (buy-side)Wikborg Rein (sell-side)DNB Carnegie (sell-side) | Champion Iron acquisition of Rana Gruber ASA |
| Dec 2025 | National Storage REIT | – | Iridium SP BidCo | Scheme | Legal adviser | Completed | 6,700.0 | REITs and property funds | Citi (sell-side)J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Clayton Utz (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)EY (sell-side) | Brookfield Asset Management acquisition of National Storage REIT |
| Dec 2025 | Vulcan Energy Resources | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 964.2 | Lithium and battery metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Morgan Stanley (lead manager)ABN AMRO (lead manager) | Vulcan Energy Resources entitlement offer |
| Dec 2025 | African Gold | – | Montage Gold Corp. | Scheme | Legal adviser to Montage Gold Corp. (acquirer) | Completed | – | Gold and silver | SCP Resource Finance (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)Cozen O'Connor (sell-side)Cassels (buy-side)BDO (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side) | Montage Gold Corp. acquisition of African Gold |
| Dec 2025 | IND Technology | – | Energy Impact Partners | Stake | Legal adviser to Edison International (acquirer) | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | Mills Oakley (buy-side)Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt (buy-side)DLA Piper (sell-side)Ord Minnett (sell-side) | Energy Impact Partners stake in IND Technology |
| Dec 2025 | Strait Link | Allegro Funds | Igneo Infrastructure Partners | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Allegro Funds (seller) | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) | Igneo Infrastructure Partners acquisition of Strait Link |
| Dec 2025 | Latrobe Valley Power (Holdings) | – | Sembcorp Industries | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Sembcorp Industries (acquirer) | Announced | 6,500.0 | – | Sembcorp Industries acquisition of Latrobe Valley Power (Holdings) | |
| Dec 2025 | Pioneer Sail Holdings Pty Limited and Latrobe Valley Power (Holdings) Pty Ltd (Alinta Energy) | Chow Tai Fook Enterprises | Sembcorp Industries | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Sembcorp Industries (acquirer) | Announced | 6,500.0 | Electricity and gas networks and retail | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) | Sembcorp Industries acquisition of Pioneer Sail Holdings Pty Limited and Latrobe Valley Power (Holdings) Pty Ltd (Alinta Energy) |
| Dec 2025 | Next Green Group Pty Ltd (NGG) | – | Sojitz | Stake | Legal adviser to Sojitz Corporation (Sojitz) (acquirer) | Completed | – | Electricity and gas networks and retail | Sojitz stake in Next Green Group Pty Ltd (NGG) | |
| Nov 2025 | Qube Holdings | UniSuper | Macquarie Asset Management | Scheme | Legal adviser to Pontegadea (acquirer) | Completed | 11,700.0 | Transport and logistics | Grant Samuel (sell-side)UBS (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side) | Macquarie Asset Management acquisition of Qube Holdings |
| Nov 2025 | Westpac RAMS mortgage portfolio | Westpac | Pepper Money Consortium | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Westpac (target) | Completed | – | Banking and lending | Mallesons (buy-side) | Pepper Money Consortium acquisition of Westpac RAMS mortgage portfolio |
| Nov 2025 | Kinetic | OPTrust | TPG Rise Climate | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Foresight Group (target) | Completed | 4,000.0 | Transport and logistics | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) | TPG Rise Climate acquisition of Kinetic |
| Oct 2025 | Larvotto Resources | – | United States Antimony | Scheme | Legal adviser to United States Antimony (acquirer) | Rejected | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Allion Partners (sell-side)Jett Capital Advisors (buy-side)Henslow (buy-side) | United States Antimony acquisition of Larvotto Resources |
| Oct 2025 | Eagers Automotive | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser | Announced | 50.0 | Automotive | Eagers Automotive placement | |
| Oct 2025 | easyauto123 and Carlins | Eagers Automotive | Mitsubishi | Stake | Legal adviser to Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi) (acquirer) | Announced | – | Automotive | Bell Gully | Mitsubishi stake in easyauto123 and Carlins |
| Sep 2025 | Amplitude Energy | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 150.0 | Oil and gas | Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Macquarie Capital (lead manager)Rothschild & Co (issuer) | Amplitude Energy entitlement offer |
| Aug 2025 | Infomedia | – | TPG Capital | Scheme | Legal adviser to Infomedia (target) | Completed | 651.0 | Software | Gresham (sell-side)Greenhill (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) | TPG Capital Asia acquisition of Infomedia |
| Aug 2025 | BE Campbell | – | Allegro Funds | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Allegro Funds (acquirer) | Announced | – | Food and beverage | EY (buy-side)Skye Capital Advisory (buy-side)GreenMount (buy-side)Miles Advisory Partners (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)Mills Oakley (sell-side) | Allegro Funds acquisition of BE Campbell |
| Aug 2025 | Eelpower Energy | – | Equitix | Acquisition | Legal adviser to consortium of Equitix, Aware Super and the UK's National Wealth Fund (acquirer) | Announced | – | Renewable energy and storage | Equitix acquisition of Eelpower Energy | |
| Jul 2025 | Syrah Resources | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 70.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Jarden (lead manager) | Syrah Resources entitlement offer |
| Jul 2025 | Wellington Stage 1 battery energy storage system (300 MW / 600 MWh) | AMPYR Australia | Wambal Bila | Stake | Legal adviser to AMPYR Australia (seller) | Announced | – | Renewable energy and storage | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) | Wambal Bila stake in Wellington Stage 1 battery energy storage system (300 MW / 600 MWh) |
| Jun 2025 | Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company | – | TopCo (newly established ASX-listed company) | Scheme | Legal adviser to Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company (target); Legal adviser to Soul Patts | Completed | 14,000.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Pitt Capital Partners (sell-side)Citi (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side) | Brickworks and Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company merger |
| Jun 2025 | EDF power solutions Australia | – | – | Joint venture | Legal adviser to EnergyAustralia (target) | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | Acquisition of EDF power solutions Australia | |
| Jun 2025 | Pinnacle Underwriting | Pinnacle Underwriting, its group entities and shareholders | United Risk Global | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Pinnacle Underwriting, its group entities and shareholders (target) | Completed | – | Insurance | United Risk Global acquisition of Pinnacle Underwriting | |
| May 2025 | MAC Copper | – | Harmony Gold Mining Company | Scheme | Legal adviser to Harmony Gold (acquirer) | Completed | 1,580.0 | Copper and base metals | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (sell-side)Ogier (sell-side)Webber Wentzel (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side) | Harmony Gold Mining Company acquisition of MAC Copper |
| May 2025 | Misima Gold Project | Kingston Resources | Ok Tedi Mining | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Kingston Resources (seller) | Announced | 95.0 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (sell-side)Treadstone Resource Partners (buy-side)Allens (buy-side)PwC (buy-side)AMC Consultants (buy-side) | Ok Tedi Mining acquisition of Misima Gold Project |
| Apr 2025 | Questas Group | Allegro Funds | Five V Capital | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Allegro Funds (seller) | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | UBS (sell-side)EY (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Miles Advisory Partners (buy-side)Skye Capital Advisory (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)KPMG (buy-side)Zenith Strategy Associates (buy-side)ERM (buy-side)Unified Commerce (buy-side) | Five V Capital acquisition of Questas Group |
| Apr 2025 | DRA Global | – | Apex Capital Partners Limited (ACP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apex Partners Holdings | Scheme | Legal adviser to Apex Partners Holdings (Apex) (acquirer) | Completed | 116.0 | Engineering and construction | Webber Wentzel (buy-side) | Apex Capital Partners Limited (ACP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apex Partners Holdings acquisition of DRA Global |
| Mar 2025 | Donaco International | – | On Nut Road | Scheme | Legal adviser to Donaco International (target) | Completed | 55.6 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)BDO (sell-side)Knight Frank (sell-side) | Argyle Street Management acquisition of Donaco International |
| Feb 2025 | Intellegam | – | Infomedia | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Infomedia Ltd (Infomedia) (acquirer) | Completed | – | Software | Infomedia acquisition of Intellegam | |
| Feb 2025 | Oxford European industrial and logistics portfolio and M7 Real Estate | Oxford Properties | AustralianSuper | Joint venture | Legal adviser to Oxford Properties (seller) | Announced | – | REITs and property funds | AustralianSuper acquisition of Oxford European industrial and logistics portfolio and M7 Real Estate | |
| Jan 2025 | Insignia | – | CC Capital | Scheme | Legal adviser to CC Capital (acquirer) | Completed | 3,900.0 | Asset and wealth management | Citi (sell-side)Gresham (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Weil, Gotshal & Manges (buy-side) | CC Capital Partners acquisition of Insignia |
| Jan 2025 | Lendlease UK construction business | Lendlease | Atlas Holdings | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Lendlease (target) | Completed | 138.3 | Engineering and construction | Atlas Holdings acquisition of Lendlease UK construction business | |
| Dec 2024 | Resolution Life | Resolution Life’s investment limited partnership | Nippon Life | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Nippon Life (acquirer) | Completed | – | Insurance | Nippon Life acquisition of Resolution Life |
Listed on their website
- Sembcorp acquisition of Alinta Energy A$6.5 billion
- Brookfield/GIC take-private of National Storage REIT A$4 billion
- Soul Patts merger with Brickworks A$14 billion
- Sale of Electricity North West to Iberdrola €5 billion
- Fair Holdings take-private of TrueCar
- Direct Travel acquisition of ATPI
- R1 acquisition of Phare Health
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.
Headline tables where the firm reached the top ten, ranked as each table opens.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- Allens
5 dealsCompare - Gilbert + Tobin4 dealsCompare
- Barrenjoey
3 dealsCompare - Mallesons3 dealsCompare
- Hamilton Locke
2 dealsCompare - BDO
2 dealsCompare - Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer2 dealsCompare
- Citi
2 dealsCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
Repeat clients
- Allegro Funds3 deals
- Elevra Lithium2 deals
- Foresight Group2 deals
- Sembcorp Industries2 deals
- Syrah Resources2 deals
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| M&A legal advisers | #3 (13) | #1 (23) |
| M&A legal advisers, completed | #1 (11) | #2 (10) |
Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.
People on these deals
All 52 people →- Natsuko Ogawa Partner · 5 deals
- Rehana Box Partner, Corporate Transactions Practice in Australia · 5 deals
- Anton Harris Partner, Global Leader Private Capital · 4 deals
- Will Mason Partner · 4 deals
- Christy O'Connell 3 deals
- John Brewster 3 deals
- Kylie Lane 3 deals
- Murray Wheater 3 deals
- Tony Damian 3 deals
- Con Tzerefos 2 deals
- Gaby Jones 2 deals
- Jo En Low 2 deals
Offices and contact
Contact
- Website
- ashurstperkinscoie.com ↗
- Enquiries
- Contact page ↗
- Company page ↗
From the firm's own website.
Offices
- Brisbane Level 22, 111 Eagle Street, QLD 4000 +61 7 3259 7000 Office page ↗
- Melbourne Level 16, 80 Collins Street, South Tower, VIC 3000 +61 3 9679 3000 Office page ↗
- Perth Brookfield Place Tower II Level 10, 123 St Georges Terrace, WA 6000 +61 8 9366 8000 Office page ↗
- Sydney Level 8, 39 Martin Place, NSW 2000 +61 2 9258 6000 Office page ↗