Australian M&A and equity raisings
1,823 deals since January 2025, each with its advisers and sources · as at 10 Nov 2026 · Venture rounds
1,823 deals · A$320bndisclosed · Clear
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| Date | Target | Vendor | Acquirer | Type | Status | Value A$m | Sector | Advisers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | Freedom Pools & Spas | owners of Freedom Pools & Spas | Latham Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Home building and durables | Piper Alderman (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | management rights to Elanor Commercial Property Fund | Elanor Investors Group | LDR Capital | Acquisition | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | McCullough Robertson (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Hapana | – | Microequities | Stake | Announced | – | Software | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | NewCo (Peel Mining demerged base and precious metals holding company) | Peel Mining | – | Demerger | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Euroz Hartleys (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Southern Cross Diagnostics | – | Novacyt SA | Acquisition | Completed | – | Medical devices and technology | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Addleshaw Goddard (buy-side)Frieh, Brault & Associés (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Hanworth Battery Energy Storage System | Enervest | Octopus Australia | Asset sale | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | HoseCo Australia | – | ATOM | Acquisition | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | HWLE Lawyers (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Coca-Cola Place, 40 Mount Street, North Sydney (25% freehold interest) | M&G Real Estate | Soilbuild | Stake | Completed | 90.7 | REITs and property funds | K&L Gates (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Transport business of UGL | UGL | Sojitz | Stake | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Bell Gully (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Neara | – | TCV | Stake | Completed | – | Software | DLA Piper (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Nine broadcast radio assets | Nine Entertainment Co. | – | Asset sale | Announced | 56.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Jefferies (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Australian Rare Earths | – | – | Placement | Completed | 6.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Evolution Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Diversified United Investment | – | Australian United Investment Company | Scheme | Withdrawn | – | Listed investment vehicles | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Energy Transition Minerals | – | – | Placement | Completed | 24.7 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Thomsons (issuer)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Evolution Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Independent Reserve | – | IG Group Holdings | Acquisition | Completed | 178.0 | Payments and fintech | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | QMS Media | – | Nine Entertainment Co. | Acquisition | Completed | 850.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Jefferies (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | WAM Active | – | – | Entitlement offer | Completed | 70.7 | Listed investment vehicles | Ord Minnett (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | NBN (Northern NSW) | Nine Entertainment Co. | WIN Network | Acquisition | Announced | 15.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Jefferies (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Alpha HPA | – | – | Placement | Completed | 225.0 | Chemicals and fertilisers | J.P. Morgan (lead manager)Macquarie Capital (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Antares Metals | – | – | Placement | Completed | 2.0 | Copper and base metals | Discovery Capital Partners (lead manager)Cumulus Wealth (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Critical Resources | – | – | Placement | Completed | 1.8 | Gold and silver | Sixty Two Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Galan Lithium | – | – | Placement | Completed | 40.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Odyssey Gold | – | – | Placement | Completed | 9.0 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (lead manager)Foster Stockbroking (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Barkly Rare Earths | – | – | IPO | Listed | 8.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Leeuwin Wealth (lead manager)Teniere Geoconsulting Services (issuer)HLB Mann Judd (issuer)Steinepreis Paganin (issuer)Ward Keller (issuer)Cumulus Wealth (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | NoviqTech | – | – | Placement | Completed | 1.5 | Software | Peak Asset Management (lead manager)Prenzler Group (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | AnteoTech | – | – | Placement | Completed | 3.5 | Chemicals and fertilisers | MST Financial (lead manager)Alpine Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | PIHL Holdings | – | AUB Group | Acquisition | Announced | 432.0 | Insurance | Allens (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | AUB Group | – | – | Placement | Completed | 400.0 | Insurance | Macquarie Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | LinQ Minerals | – | – | Placement | Completed | 15.4 | Copper and base metals | Bell Potter (lead manager)Alpine Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Juanbung and Boyong Stations landholding | – | Nari Nari Tribal Council | Asset sale | Completed | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | RareX | – | – | Placement | Completed | 5.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Evolution Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Dateline Resources | – | – | Placement | Completed | 35.0 | Gold and silver | Shaw and Partners (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Australian Strategic Materials | – | Energy Fuels | Scheme | Completed | 447.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | KPMG (sell-side)MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Moelis & Company (sell-side)A&O Shearman (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Dentons Canada (buy-side)Dorsey & Whitney (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Metallium | – | – | Placement | Completed | 75.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | EAS Advisors (issuer)Odeon Capital Group (issuer)Petra Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | 29Metals | – | – | Entitlement offer | Completed | 150.0 | Copper and base metals | Macquarie Capital (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Nanoveu | – | – | Placement | Completed | 7.5 | Hardware and semiconductors | Evolution Capital (lead manager)Sixty Two Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | APC Minerals | – | – | Placement | Completed | 0.3 | Other mining and exploration | Yelverton Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Lady Loretta mine | – | Austral Resources Australia | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Bell Potter (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Lady Loretta mining leases and site infrastructure | Glencore AG | Austral Resources Australia | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Bell Potter (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Cannatrek | – | Little Green Pharma | Scheme | Completed | – | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | K&L Gates (sell-side)Intrinsic Partners (sell-side)RSM (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Canaccord Genuity (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | European Outlet Mall Venture (EOMV) platform | Allianz accounts managed by PIMCO | Aware Super | Stake | Completed | – | REITs and property funds | Clifford Chance (buy-side)Schoenherr (buy-side)Morgan Williams (buy-side)EY (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | BPH Energy | – | – | Placement | Completed | 1.2 | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | Sixty Two Capital (lead manager)Oakley Capital Partners (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | MARSS group business | – | Electro Optic Systems Holdings | Asset sale | Completed | 54.8 | Defence and aerospace | Henslow (buy-side)Hogan Lovells Cadwalader (buy-side)MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Kalamazoo Resources | – | – | Share purchase plan | Completed | – | Gold and silver | |
| Jan 2026 | Sprintex | – | – | Placement | Completed | 3.6 | Industrial products and machinery | Alpine Capital (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Unity Metals | – | – | IPO | Listed | 8.0 | Gold and silver | BDO (issuer)Blackwall Legal (issuer)Sok Siphana Sethalay (issuer)South Asia Law (issuer)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Bacchus Capital (lead manager)JS First (lead manager) |
| Jan 2026 | Electrum Discovery Corp. | – | MinRex Resources | Merger | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Steinepreis PaganinFarris LLPThomsonsGowling WLG |
| Jan 2026 | BlueScope Steel | – | SGH | Scheme | Announced | – | Iron ore and steel | UBS (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | reverse logistics division of TIC Group (now known as RL Circular Operations) | TIC Group | Assurant | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Lander & Rogers (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Hamilton Island | Oatley Family | Blackstone | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
Deals come from ASX announcements, scheme booklets, prospectuses, the advisers' own deal announcements and the press. How the data is built