What they do
Bird & Bird is an international law firm whose Australian team of over 100 people is based in Sydney and covers corporate, competition, intellectual property, technology and regulatory matters.
- Services
- M&A law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Capital markets law
- Specialties
- media & mining, renewable energy
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$200m, from A$70m to A$300m
- Team
- 100
From twobirds.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /en/reach/asia-pacific/australia
Deals
Columns
6 of 6 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | F.S. Falkiner & Sons | Australian Food & Agriculture | Banyandah Pastoral Co. | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Australian Food & Agriculture Company (AFA) (seller) | Completed | 300.0 | Agriculture and agribusiness | Bell Potter (sell-side) | Banyandah Pastoral Co. acquisition of F.S. Falkiner & Sons |
| Jun 2026 | Acrow | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 70.0 | Engineering and construction | Morgans (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Petra Capital (lead manager) | Acrow placement |
| Feb 2026 | SB SPV No.1 Pty Ltd (IPSI) | – | Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) | Acquisition | Legal adviser | Announced | – | Payments and fintech | Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) acquisition of SB SPV No.1 Pty Ltd (IPSI) | |
| Jan 2026 | Portfolio of premium farming properties | Australian Food & Agriculture Company (AFA) | Cleveland Agriculture | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Australian Food & Agriculture Company (AFA) (seller) | Completed | 200.0 | Agriculture and agribusiness | Cleveland Agriculture acquisition of Portfolio of premium farming properties | |
| May 2025 | Kineo group (City and Guilds Kineo (UK) and the assets of Interact Learning (Australia)) | City & Guilds | Mind Tools | Acquisition | Legal adviser to City & Guilds (seller) | Announced | – | Education and childcare | Mind Tools acquisition of Kineo group (City and Guilds Kineo (UK) and the assets of Interact Learning (Australia)) | |
| Mar 2025 | REVL Holdings | – | Move Repeat | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Move Repeat (acquirer) | Announced | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Move Repeat acquisition of REVL Holdings |
Listed on their website
- AU$300+ million sale of F.S. Falkiner & Sons and its farming aggregations to Banyandah Pastoral Company AU$300+ million
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.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Repeat clients
- Australian Food & Agriculture Company (AFA)2 deals
People on these deals
All 33 people →- Aaron Chan 3 deals
- Carl Ritchie 3 deals
- Chris Clarke 3 deals
- Kennedy Taylor-Louisson 2 deals
- Aaron Mathew 1 deal
- Alex Lazar 1 deal
- Andrew Rink 1 deal
- Annabelle Lee 1 deal
- Caitlin Cowan 1 deal
- Chloe Corne 1 deal
- Conor Matthews 1 deal
- Emily Patel 1 deal
Offices and contact
Offices
- Sydney