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Australian M&A legal advisers: completed deals

H1 2025 · Australian M&A completed · 95 deals · A$15bn disclosed

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Australian M&A legal advisers: completed deals, H1 2025, ranked by deal value
1 Allens 10 deals · 49.1% share
2 MinterEllison 4 deals · 19.8% share
3 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer 6 deals · 13.5% share
4 HFW 3 deals · 11.7% share
5 Johnson Winter Slattery 4 deals · 10.1% share
6 Gilbert + Tobin 19 deals · 9.3% share
7 Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung 1 deal · 8.9% share
8 Arnold Bloch Leibler 3 deals · 5.6% share
9 Clifford Chance 4 deals · 4.6% share
10 Addisons 3 deals · 3.7% share
11 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 1 deal · 3.3% share
12 Hall & Wilcox 3 deals · 2.9% share
13 Goodwin 1 deal · 2.8% share
14 Clayton Utz 4 deals · 2.1% share
15 Baker McKenzie 3 deals · 2.1% share
16 Thomsons 4 deals · 1.9% share
17 Peloton Legal 1 deal · 1.7% share
18 Sidley Austin 1 deal · 1.2% share
19 Ashurst Perkins Coie 5 deals · 0.9% share
20 Squire Patton Boggs 2 deals · 0.9% share
21 McCullough Robertson 1 deal · 0.7% share
22 HopgoodGanim Lawyers 4 deals · 0.5% share
23 K&L Gates 3 deals · 0.5% share
24 Maddocks 8 deals · 0.3% share
25 EMK Lawyers 2 deals · 0.2% share
26 Piper Alderman 1 deal · 0.1% share
27 Hamilton Locke 6 deals · 0.1% share
28 HWLE Lawyers 6 deals · – share
28 Steinepreis Paganin 4 deals · – share
28 Corrs Chambers Westgarth 3 deals · – share
28 Allion Partners 2 deals · – share
28 Mills Oakley 2 deals · – share
28 Jones Day 1 deal · – share
28 Lane Neave 1 deal · – share
28 Mayer Brown 1 deal · – share
28 MinterEllisonRuddWatts 1 deal · – share
28 Mintz 1 deal · – share
28 Pinsent Masons 1 deal · – share
28 Stephenson Harwood 1 deal · – share
28 Travers Smith 1 deal · – share
28 White & Case 1 deal · – share
Share of the table, H1 2025
Australian M&A legal advisers: completed deals, H1 2025: share of the tableAllens49.1%MinterEllison19.8%Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer13.5%HFW11.7%Johnson Winter Slattery10.1%Gilbert + Tobin9.3%Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung8.9%Arnold Bloch Leibler5.6%Clifford Chance4.6%Addisons3.7%

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Rank by year
Australian M&A legal advisers: completed deals: rank by year#1#3#5#7#9#11#13#15#17#19#2020252026 YTDAllens: #3 in 2025Allens: #2 in 2026 YTD#2 AllensMinterEllison: #10 in 2025MinterEllison: #14 in 2026 YTD#14 MinterEllisonHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer: #8 in 2025Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: #3 in 2026 YTD#3 Herbert Smith Freehills KramerHFW: #18 in 2025HFW (#18, 2025)Gilbert + Tobin: #1 in 2025Gilbert + Tobin: #13 in 2026 YTD#13 Gilbert + Tobin#62 Arnold Bloch Leibler

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63 deals have no disclosed value. Methodology

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