Australian M&A and equity raisings
1,823 deals since January 2025, each with its advisers and sources · as at 9 Nov 2026 · Venture rounds
828 deals · A$275bndisclosed · Clear
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| Date | Target | Vendor | Acquirer | Type | Status | Value A$m | Sector | Advisers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | onPlatinum IT managed services division | Comms Group | Thinkex Holdings Pty Ltd (trading as efex) | Acquisition | Announced | 30.0 | IT services | Q Advisors (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Avanti Gold | – | Toubani Resources | Stake | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (buy-side)Thomsons (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Zuleika Gold | – | CZR Resources | Takeover | Announced | 44.8 | Gold and silver | Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)HLB Mann Judd (sell-side)Thomsons (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | UpperGround business of Hudson Global Resources (Aust) | Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Limited (Administrators Appointed) | HiTech Group Australia | Asset sale | Announced | 15.0 | Business and professional services | Tenet Advisory & Investments (buy-side)Gadens (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Ausgroup Industrial Services (AGIS) | – | Acrow | Acquisition | Announced | 54.5 | Engineering and construction | Grant Thornton (buy-side)Owen Hodge Lawyers (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Accent Group | – | Frasers Group | Takeover | Announced | – | Retail and e-commerce | Arnold Bloch Leibler (sell-side)Luminis Partners (sell-side)Barrenjoey (buy-side)Lander & Rogers (buy-side)Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Datisan | XPON Technologies Group | Incubeta Australia | Acquisition | Completed | 8.1 | IT services | Latimer Partners (sell-side)HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Lodestone Iron Ore Project | Private interests associated with Hamish Halliday and Steve Parsons | Killi Resources | Acquisition | Announced | 20.4 | Iron ore and steel | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Hammer Metals | – | Larvotto Resources | Scheme | Withdrawn | 54.0 | Copper and base metals | Blue Ocean Equities (buy-side)MA Moelis Australia (buy-side)Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Ciclón Copper Project | – | Norfolk | Asset sale | Announced | 70.3 | Copper and base metals | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Baker McKenzie (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Steadfast Group | – | Amwins Group | Scheme | Announced | 7,700.0 | Insurance | J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Citi (sell-side)Insight Capital Advisors (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Strata Investment Holdings | – | Freedom BidCo | Acquisition | Completed | 27.1 | Listed investment vehicles | Hannam & Partners (buy-side)Squire Patton Boggs (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Zenith Minerals | – | Forrestania Resources | Takeover | Announced | 93.5 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Bell Potter (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side)PKF (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Euroz Hartleys Capital Markets business | Euroz Hartleys Group | BMO Financial Group | Acquisition | Announced | 145.0 | Asset and wealth management | Grant Samuel (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Cygnus Metals | – | Central Asia Metals | Scheme | Completed | 232.0 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)AMC Consultants (sell-side)BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)McCarthy Tétrault (buy-side)Fieldfisher (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Siemens gas and steam turbines | Energy World Corporation | Hallador Energy Company | Asset sale | Announced | 491.8 | Electricity and gas networks and retail | Jefferies (sell-side)Texas Capital Bank (sell-side)K&L Gates (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | ReadyTech Holdings | – | Total Specific Solutions | Scheme | Rejected | – | Software | Jefferies (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | HMA Group | – | Anchorage Capital Partners | Scheme | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Thomsons (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Moorabbin Airport | Goodman Group | Barings | Acquisition | Announced | 1,500.0 | Transport infrastructure | Clayton Utz (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Aspen Pharmacare Asia Pacific business | Aspen Pharmacare Holdings | BGH Capital | Acquisition | Announced | 2,370.0 | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | Allens (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Partnered Health Group | Funds managed and/or advised by Quadrant Private Equity | Bupa | Acquisition | Announced | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Aztec Resources | MGX Resources | Crestlink | Acquisition | Announced | – | Iron ore and steel | Allens (buy-side)Voyager Legal (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Tahmoor Coal Group assets | Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd and Bargo Collieries Pty Ltd (in liquidation) | Consortium | Asset sale | Completed | – | Coal | Gilbert + TobinAshurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Made Group | TPG and other shareholders | Danone | Acquisition | Announced | – | Food and beverage | Clifford Chance (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Latham & Watkins (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Danone Saputo Dairy Australia (DSDA) joint venture | Saputo Dairy Australia | Danone Asia | Acquisition | Announced | – | Food and beverage | Jones Day (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Latham & Watkins (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Military Services Australia Pty Ltd. and Downie Jones Ship Stores Limited (MSA) | – | Wrist Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Jones Day (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Raging Waters Sydney | Shareholders of Raging Waters Sydney | Jamberoo Action Park | Acquisition | Announced | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Dentons Canada (sell-side)Mills Oakley (buy-side)PDC Law (buy-side)KPMG (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Leed Engineering and Construction | Leed shareholders | JN Bentley | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Australian Financial Planning Group (AFPG) | – | Kudu Investment Management | Stake | Completed | – | Asset and wealth management | MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Drummond Capital Partners | – | Kudu Investment Management | Stake | Completed | – | Asset and wealth management | MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Graceview | – | Legora | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | White & Case (buy-side) |
| 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 | Completed | – | Coal | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Interfi Systems | – | Perpetual | Acquisition | Announced | – | Software | Grant Samuel (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Protech | – | Proman | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | InterFinancial (sell-side)Clairfield (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Investment management business of Starz Real Estate | – | Qualitas | Acquisition | Announced | 36.5 | Asset and wealth management | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Central Coast Mariners FC | – | Total Soccer Growth Holdings | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | BDO (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | MCT Automotive Group | – | Toyota Tsusho | Acquisition | Completed | – | Automotive | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Far East Gold | – | Xingye Gold (Hong Kong) Mining Company | Takeover | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Chalice Gold Project | Westgold Resources | Corazon Mining | Asset sale | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Discovery Capital Partners (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | European Lithium | – | Critical Metals Corp. | Scheme | Completed | – | Lithium and battery metals | 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)Cantor Fitzgerald (buy-side)Nova Legal (buy-side)Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Abacus Storage Funds Management | Abacus Group Holdings | Abacus Storage King | Acquisition | Announced | 19.0 | Asset and wealth management | Morgan Stanley (sell-side)Allens (sell-side) |
| May 2026 | Kyra flow products | Telstra Health | Alcidion Group | Asset sale | Announced | 3.0 | Medical devices and technology | Henslow (buy-side)Arnold Bloch Leibler (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | MPC Kinetic | – | GenusPlus Group | Acquisition | Announced | 400.0 | Engineering and construction | Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)RSM (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Carp Fluorspar | – | Evion Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Other mining and exploration | BurnVoir (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Ewoyaa Lithium Project | Elevra Lithium | Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co | Asset sale | Announced | 98.7 | Lithium and battery metals | BMO Capital Markets (sell-side) |
| May 2026 | Atlantic Lithium | – | Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. | Scheme | Pending | 292.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)HopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Vault Minerals | – | Regis Resources | Scheme | Withdrawn | – | Gold and silver | RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Azure Capital (buy-side)Mallesons (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Frontier Group CRM | – | Connected Minerals | Acquisition | Announced | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Jones Day (sell-side) |
| May 2026 | Russell Corp. Australia | Russell Brands | Gray-Nicolls Sports | Acquisition | Completed | – | Consumer brands and apparel | Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| May 2026 | Peak Hill Gold Project | Westgold | Great Boulder | Asset sale | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Salient Corporate (buy-side)Blackwall Legal (buy-side)Mining + Heritage Legal (buy-side) |
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