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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Catalyst Cyber | – | Infotrust | Acquisition | Pending | – | IT services | Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Perpetual Wealth Management Group | Perpetual | Bain Capital Private Equity, LP | Acquisition | Announced | 500.0 | Asset and wealth management | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Shark (BVI) | Perseus Mining | Hong Kong Matrix Golden Fortune Mining | Acquisition | Announced | 396.1 | Gold and silver | Cutfield Freeman & Co (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)Admiralty Harbour Capital (buy-side)Zhong Lun Law Firm (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Emmerson Resources | – | Pan African Resources | Scheme | Completed | 300.0 | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side)Treadstone Resource Partners (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | EAU Lithium | – | Cosmos Exploration | Acquisition | Completed | – | Lithium and battery metals | Affinity Capital Partners (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Railtrain Holdings | Entities associated with Chris Chalwell, Brendan Williams, Andrew McCutcheon and Graham Butler | GenusPlus Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Infinite Care | MA Financial Group | Anglicare Sydney | Acquisition | Pending | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)Allens (buy-side)Canterbury Partners (buy-side)Russell Kennedy (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Cue Energy Resources | Echelon Resources | Horizon Oil | Takeover | Announced | – | Oil and gas | Azure Capital (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Mallesons (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Barrenjoey Capital Partners | Barclays | Magellan Financial Group | Stake | Announced | 1,616.0 | Banking and lending | Gresham |
| Mar 2026 | JAIX Logistics Software | JAIX shareholders | Arcadea Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Software | BDO (sell-side)HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Eptec defence division | Next Capital | Arlington Capital Partners | Acquisition | Announced | 150.0 | Defence and aerospace | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Doohly | – | Canva | Acquisition | Completed | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Arrow Funds Management | – | Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) | Acquisition | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | Mills Oakley (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Madura Plains Station | CC Cooper & Co | Consolidated Pastoral Company | Asset sale | Completed | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Piper Alderman (sell-side)McCullough Robertson (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Richard Jay | Shareholders of Richard Jay | Fortitude Investment Partners | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Clayton Utz (sell-side)BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | PlasmaLeap Technologies | – | Gates Foundation | Stake | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Master Instruments | – | KSB Sustainable Investments | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Paramount Liquor group | – | Mercury Capital | Stake | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Mills Oakley (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Deloitte (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Critical minerals royalty portfolio (Western Australia) | RCF Management | Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board | Asset sale | Completed | – | Lithium and battery metals | Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Opal Healthcare | – | Pacific Equity Partners | Stake | Completed | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | ModnPods | – | Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) | Stake | Completed | – | Home building and durables | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Stornoway | – | Sonic Civil Investments | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Prime commercial property in Toorak | – | Spotlight | Asset sale | Completed | – | REITs and property funds | Arnold Bloch Leibler (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Aura Holdings | – | Stonepeak | Stake | Completed | – | Property development and services | Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Guardhouse | – | Sundance Growth Management | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | BrewDog Brewing Australia | – | Tilray Australia New Zealand | Acquisition | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Valiant Gold | Westgold Resources | – | Demerger | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Enviropacific Services | – | Veolia | Acquisition | Completed | 200.0 | Waste and environmental services | Stanton Road Partners (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Collingwood Children’s Farm | – | – | Merger | Completed | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | HWLE Lawyers |
| Mar 2026 | Arcadia Consolidated Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries | – | Whiteoak Growth Fund II LP | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | SDI | Jeffery James Cheetham | Beijing Guoci Kebo Technology Co. | Scheme | Completed | 166.4 | Medical devices and technology | Houlihan Lokey (sell-side)DLA Piper (sell-side)Rothschild & Co (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Tourism Portfolio | Kelsian | Journey Beyond | Acquisition | Completed | 161.0 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Gresham (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Kain Lawyers (sell-side)Jones Day (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | ClearView Wealth | – | Zurich Financial Services Australia | Scheme | Completed | – | Insurance | Greenhill (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Great Bear Copper-Gold-Silver-Uranium Project | White Cliff Minerals | HCD | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Infrawork Holdings | – | PeopleIN | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Derrimut 247 Group | – | Wes Maas | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Lynham Networks | – | Superloop | Acquisition | Announced | 165.0 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Barrenjoey (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Magnetic Resources | – | Genesis Minerals | Scheme | Completed | 639.0 | Gold and silver | Jefferies (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Broadstream Advisory (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Peel Mining | – | Aeris Resources | Scheme | Completed | 214.0 | Copper and base metals | Euroz Hartleys (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)HopgoodGanim Lawyers (buy-side)Jefferies (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Sierra Atacama Copper Project | – | Cobre | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Tribeca Capital (buy-side)Baker McKenzie (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Riverside Marine Holdings | – | Bhagwan Marine | Acquisition | Completed | 130.0 | Transport and logistics | Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side)BDO (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Pepper Money | – | Challenger | Scheme | Announced | – | Banking and lending | Jefferies (sell-side)Reunion Capital Partners (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | SAVI Surgical | – | Smartways Logistics | Acquisition | Completed | – | Medical devices and technology | Record Point (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Bedford Services & Advisory Limited (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) | – | The Disability Trust | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Qoria | – | Aura Consolidated Group | Scheme | Completed | 3,000.0 | Software | BDOGrant Thornton (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side)Gibson Dunn (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Azure Capital (sell-side)Stifel (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Macfarlanes (sell-side)Uria Menendez (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Ontario Gold Assets (70% of Pickle Crow Project, 100% of Sioux Lookout Project) | FireFly Metals | Bellavista Resources | Asset sale | Completed | 47.4 | Gold and silver | BMO Capital Markets (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Pickle Crow Gold Project | FireFly Metals | Bellavista Resources | Asset sale | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Pickle Crow Gold Project and exploration assets (Ontario) | FireFly Metals | Bellavista Resources | Asset sale | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | The Automotive Group (TAG) | – | Alvia Asset Partners | Acquisition | Completed | – | Automotive | Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Five operational solar farms across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria | Lightsource bp | Aula Energy | Asset sale | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
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