What they do
BofA Securities is the securities, corporate advisory and capital markets arm of Bank of America, operating in Australia from Sydney. It provides mergers and acquisitions advice, debt and equity solutions, markets services and research to corporate and institutional clients.
- Services
- Sell-side M&A, Buy-side M&A, Equity raisings, Debt advice
- Specialties
- Consumer, Retail, Natural resources, Energy transition, Financial institutions, Healthcare, Industrials, Real estate, Gaming and lodging, Technology, Media, Telecom
- Deal size
- Businesses with revenue of US$2bn and over From their websiteRecorded deals: median A$215m, from A$27m to A$14bn
- Clients
- Corporates, Government and not-for-profit, Investors and funds
- Places served
- AU
- Licences
- Australian Financial Services Licence held by Merrill Lynch entities (or exempt)
From business.bofa.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /au/en/about-us.html, /en-us/content/global-corporate-investment-banking.html
Deals
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| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Malabar Resources | – | New Hope Corporation | Scheme | Financial adviser to Malabar Resources (target) | Announced | 2,400.0 | Coal | Jarden (buy-side)Pitt Capital Partners (buy-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side)Allens (sell-side) | New Hope acquisition of Malabar Resources |
| Jul 2026 | South32 aluminium value chain assets | South32 | Alcoa | Asset sale | Financial adviser to South32 (target) | Announced | 8,131.1 | Other mining and exploration | UBS (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Flagstaff Partners (sell-side) | Alcoa acquisition of South32 aluminium value chain assets |
| Jul 2026 | Perpetual | – | Windflower | Scheme | Financial adviser to Perpetual (target) | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | Mallesons (sell-side) | Windflower acquisition of Perpetual |
| Apr 2026 | Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand) | Retail International Holding S.A.S. (Worldline) | Cuscal | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Cuscal (acquirer) | Completed | 27.0 | Payments and fintech | Bell Gully (buy-side) | Cuscal acquisition of Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand) |
| Apr 2026 | Cuscal | – | – | Placement | Lead manager and underwriter | Completed | 30.0 | Payments and fintech | Gilbert + Tobin (issuer) | Cuscal placement |
| Dec 2025 | Almonty Industries | – | – | Placement | Bookrunner | Completed | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Almonty Industries placement | |
| Nov 2025 | Latitude.sh | – | Megaport | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Megaport (acquirer) | Completed | 229.2 | IT services | Cooley (buy-side)Pinheiro Neto Advogados (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Citizens JMP (sell-side)Linklaters (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)BMA Advogados (sell-side)BZCP Advogados (sell-side) | Megaport acquisition of Latitude.sh |
| Nov 2025 | Megaport | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and underwriter | Completed | 200.0 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | UBS (lead manager)Gilbert + Tobin (issuer) | Megaport placement |
| Oct 2025 | Tamboran Resources | – | – | Placement | Bookrunner | Completed | 131.6 | Oil and gas | RBC Capital Markets (lead manager)Wells Fargo Securities (lead manager) | Tamboran Resources placement |
| Aug 2025 | Indue | – | Cuscal | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Cuscal (acquirer) | Completed | 75.0 | Payments and fintech | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) | Cuscal acquisition of Indue |
| May 2025 | e2open | – | WiseTech Global | Acquisition | Financial adviser to WiseTech Global (acquirer) | Completed | 2,100.0 | Software | Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Barrenjoey (buy-side)Barclays (buy-side) | WiseTech Global acquisition of e2open |
| Mar 2025 | The AZEK Company | – | James Hardie Industries | Acquisition | Financial adviser to James Hardie Industries (acquirer) | Completed | 13,972.3 | Building materials | Jefferies (buy-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (buy-side)Arthur Cox (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Goldman Sachs (sell-side)Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (sell-side) | James Hardie Industries acquisition of The AZEK Company |
| Dec 2024 | SG Fleet Group | – | Westmann Bidco | Scheme | Financial adviser to SG Fleet Group (target) | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side) | Pacific Equity Partners acquisition of SG Fleet Group |
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Headline tables where the firm reached the top ten, ranked as each table opens.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- Jarden
1 dealCompare - Pitt Capital Partners1 dealCompare
- Johnson Winter Slattery
1 dealCompare - Goldman Sachs
1 dealCompare - Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
1 dealCompare - Citizens JMP1 dealCompare
- Linklaters
1 dealCompare - Allens
1 dealCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
Repeat clients
- Cuscal3 deals
- Megaport2 deals
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| M&A financial advisers | #5 (4) | #4 (4) |
| M&A financial advisers, completed | – | #2 (5) |
Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.
Offices and contact
Offices
- Sydney L34 Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, NSW 2000 +61.2.9225.6500 Office page ↗