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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Deals
59
M&A
48
Equity raisings
11
Latest
Oct 2026
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What they do

Corrs Chambers Westgarth is an Australian law firm advising on public and private M&A, capital raisings, joint ventures, foreign investment, taxation and competition law across industries including healthcare, consumer, energy and natural resources, and financial services.

Services
M&A law, Capital markets law, Private equity law, Banking and finance law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law
Specialties
healthcare, consumer, agribusiness, energy and natural resources, property, infrastructure, technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), financial services
Kinds of deal
takeovers and takeover defences, schemes of arrangement
Deal size
Recorded deals: median A$295m, from A$3m to A$5.6bn
Clients
Private equity, Investors and funds
Places served
AU
Team
1,500

From corrs.com.au, checked 7 Nov 2026: /capabilities/m-a-capital-markets, /, /who-we-are

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Deals Corrs Chambers Westgarth advised on, most recent first
Advisers
Oct 2026 Wiluna Mining Corporation ––IPOLegal adviser to the lead managersListed180.0Gold and silver Barrenjoey (lead manager)Argonaut (lead manager) Wiluna Mining Corporation IPO
Oct 2026 30-34 and 36 Hickson Road, Sydney –BentallGreenOak (BGO)Asset saleLegal adviser to BentallGreenOak (BGO) (acquirer)Announced–REITs and property funds BentallGreenOak (BGO) acquisition of 30-34 and 36 Hickson Road, Sydney
Sep 2026 Ed.Square Town Centre Frasers Property AustraliaAssembly Funds ManagementAsset saleLegal adviser to Frasers Property Australia (Frasers Property) (seller)Announced248.0REITs and property funds Assembly Funds Management acquisition of Ed.Square Town Centre
Sep 2026 Ampyr Distributed Energy (ADE) –StonepeakStakeLegal adviser to the issuerAnnounced–Renewable energy and storage Stonepeak stake in Ampyr Distributed Energy (ADE)
Sep 2026 Commercial Credit Holdings Limited (CreditorWatch) –Warburg PincusSchemeLegal adviser to Warburg Pincus (acquirer)Announced–Payments and fintech Warburg Pincus acquisition of Commercial Credit Holdings Limited (CreditorWatch)
Aug 2026 Ausgold –OceanaGoldSchemeLegal adviser to OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold) (acquirer)Announced776.0Gold and silver Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)SCP Resource Finance (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)MinVal (sell-side) OceanaGold acquisition of Ausgold
Aug 2026 Kio Investment Management ––Joint ventureLegal adviser to Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) and its affiliates (acquirer)Announced–Asset and wealth management Acquisition of Kio Investment Management
Aug 2026 Stanley College ––AcquisitionLegal adviser to Quadrant Private Equity (acquirer)Completed–Education and childcare Alvarez & Marsal (buy-side)L.E.K. Consulting (buy-side) Acquisition of Stanley College
Aug 2026 STAX STAX Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (In Liquidation)Justin TruongAsset saleLegal adviser to receivers and managers of STAX (target)Completed–Consumer brands and apparel Hamilton Locke (buy-side) Justin Truong acquisition of STAX
Jul 2026 Vault Minerals –Genesis MineralsSchemeLegal adviser to Vault Minerals (target)Announced5,600.0Gold and silver Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side) Genesis Minerals and Vault Minerals merger
Jul 2026 Big Springs Gold Project Capricorn MetalsSentinel MetalsAcquisitionLegal adviser to Capricorn Metals (seller)Completed13.7Gold and silver Canaccord Genuity (buy-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Davis Graham (buy-side)Longreach Capital (sell-side) Sentinel Metals acquisition of Big Springs Gold Project
Jul 2026 Fujitsu Australia data centre business and assets Fujitsu AustraliaNext CapitalAsset saleLegal adviser to Next Capital (acquirer)Announced–Data centres Next Capital acquisition of Fujitsu Australia data centre business and assets
Jun 2026 Cygnus Metals –Central Asia MetalsSchemeLegal adviser to Central Asia Metals (acquirer)Completed232.0Copper and base metals BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)McCarthy Tétrault (buy-side)Fieldfisher (buy-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)AMC Consultants (sell-side) Central Asia Metals acquisition of Cygnus Metals
Jun 2026 Craton Mining and Exploration (Proprietary) Greenstone Resources II L.P. (as manager of Omico Copper Limited)Appian Omega BidcoAcquisitionLegal adviser to Greenstone Resources II L.P. (Greenstone Resources) (target)Completed–Copper and base metals Appian Omega acquisition of Craton Mining and Exploration (Proprietary)
Jun 2026 Made Group TPG and other shareholdersDanoneAcquisitionLegal adviser to Danone (acquirer)Announced–Food and beverage Latham & Watkins (buy-side)Clifford Chance (sell-side) Danone acquisition of Made Group
Jun 2026 Danone Saputo Dairy Australia (DSDA) joint venture Saputo Dairy AustraliaDanone AsiaAcquisitionLegal adviser to Danone (acquirer)Announced–Food and beverage Jones Day (sell-side)Latham & Watkins (buy-side) Danone Asia acquisition of Danone Saputo Dairy Australia (DSDA) joint venture
May 2026 BWP Trust ––Entitlement offerLegal adviser to the issuerCompleted228.0REITs and property funds Highbury Partnership (issuer)Morgan Stanley (lead manager) BWP Trust entitlement offer
May 2026 Vault Minerals –Regis ResourcesSchemeLegal adviser to Vault Minerals (target)Withdrawn–Gold and silver Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Azure Capital (buy-side)Mallesons (buy-side)RBC Capital Markets (sell-side) Regis Resources and Vault Minerals merger
Apr 2026 L1 Gold Fund ––IPOLegal adviser to the issuerListed950.0Listed investment vehicles L1 Gold Fund IPO
Apr 2026 Zeus Street Greek Founder shareholders of Zeus Street GreekWhiteoak Growth Fund II LPAcquisitionLegal adviser to Whiteoak Growth Fund II LP (Whiteoak) (acquirer)Completed–Hospitality, leisure and gaming Whiteoak Growth Fund II LP acquisition of Zeus Street Greek
Mar 2026 Kapstream Investment Trust ––IPOLegal adviser to the issuerListed300.0Listed investment vehicles CommSec (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)EY (issuer) Kapstream Investment Trust IPO
Mar 2026 Shark (BVI) Perseus MiningHong Kong Matrix Golden Fortune MiningAcquisitionLegal adviser to Perseus Mining (seller)Announced396.1Gold and silver Cutfield Freeman & Co (sell-side)Admiralty Harbour Capital (buy-side)Zhong Lun Law Firm (buy-side) Hong Kong Matrix Golden Fortune Mining acquisition of Shark (BVI)
Mar 2026 Emmerson Resources –Pan African ResourcesSchemeLegal adviser to Pan African Resources plc (Pan African Resources) (acquirer)Completed300.0Gold and silver Treadstone Resource Partners (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)BDO (sell-side) Pan African Resources acquisition of Emmerson Resources
Mar 2026 Infinite Care MA Financial GroupAnglicare SydneyAcquisitionLegal adviser to MA Financial Group Limited (MA Financial) (seller)Pending–Hospitals, clinics and aged care Allens (buy-side)Canterbury Partners (buy-side)Russell Kennedy (buy-side) Anglicare Sydney acquisition of Infinite Care
Mar 2026 Eptec defence division Next CapitalArlington Capital PartnersAcquisitionLegal adviser to Next Capital Pty Limited (Next Capital) (seller)Announced150.0Defence and aerospace MA Moelis Australia (sell-side) Arlington Capital Partners acquisition of Eptec defence division
Mar 2026 Paramount Liquor group –Mercury CapitalStakeLegal adviser to Mercury Capital (acquirer)Completed–Food and beverage Mills Oakley (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)Deloitte (buy-side) Mercury Capital stake in Paramount Liquor group
Mar 2026 Arcadia Consolidated Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries –Whiteoak Growth Fund II LPAcquisitionLegal adviser to Whiteoak Growth Fund II LP (Whiteoak) (acquirer)Announced–Business and professional services Whiteoak Growth Fund II LP acquisition of Arcadia Consolidated Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries
Dec 2025 Mahalo Gas Project (42.86% interest) Santos QNTComet RidgeAsset saleLegal adviser to Comet Ridge (acquirer)Completed40.0Oil and gas Taylor Collison (buy-side) Comet Ridge acquisition of Mahalo Gas Project (42.86% interest)
Dec 2025 Predictive Discovery –Perseus MiningSchemeLegal adviser to Perseus Mining (acquirer)Completed2,100.0Gold and silver Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side)BMO Capital Markets (sell-side)SCP Resource Finance (sell-side)Fasken (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)GenCap Mining Advisory (sell-side) Perseus Mining acquisition of Predictive Discovery
Dec 2025 Mirvac Group ––Joint ventureLegal adviser to Mirvac Group (Mirvac)Announced–REITs and property funds Acquisition of Mirvac Group
Dec 2025 Regional Express Holdings Limited (Rex) –Air TAcquisitionLegal adviser to Air T, Inc. (Air T) (acquirer)Completed–Transport and logistics Alvarez & Marsal (buy-side) Air T acquisition of Regional Express Holdings Limited (Rex)
Dec 2025 Wengfu Australia Wengfu GroupFertiglobeAsset saleLegal adviser to Fertiglobe plc (Fertiglobe) (acquirer)Completed–Chemicals and fertilisers KPMG (sell-side) Fertiglobe acquisition of Wengfu Australia
Nov 2025 Australian Unity ––PlacementLegal adviser to the lead managersCompleted209.0Insurance Acacia Partners (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager) Australian Unity placement
Oct 2025 Exploration licence EL007795 (Fosterville, Victoria) S2 ResourcesAgnico Eagle MinesAsset saleLegal adviser to S2 Resources (seller)Announced17.0Gold and silver Salient Corporate (sell-side) Agnico Eagle Mines acquisition of Exploration licence EL007795 (Fosterville, Victoria)
Oct 2025 S2 Resources ––PlacementLegal adviser to the issuerCompleted3.0Gold and silver Salient Corporate (issuer) S2 Resources placement
Oct 2025 efex Alceon Private EquityAdvent PartnersAcquisitionLegal adviser to Alceon Private Equity (seller)Completed–IT services Advent Partners acquisition of efex
Oct 2025 Cromwell Property Group ESR Group–Block tradeLegal adviser to ESR Group Limited (ESR) (seller)Announced–REITs and property funds Cromwell Property Group block trade
Oct 2025 Cromwell Property Group ESR GroupFunds managed by a global asset management firmStakeLegal adviser to ESR Group Limited (ESR) (seller)Completed290.0REITs and property funds Funds managed by a global asset management firm stake in Cromwell Property Group
Sep 2025 Seven West Media –Southern Cross Media GroupSchemeLegal adviser to Southern Cross Media Group (acquirer)Completed417.0Media, entertainment and online platforms Barrenjoey (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)UBS (buy-side)Kroll (buy-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side) Southern Cross Media Group and Seven West Media merger
Sep 2025 Revolution Private Credit Income Trust ––IPOLegal adviser to the issuerListed400.0Listed investment vehicles Morgans (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)CommSec (lead manager)Wilsons Advisory (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Bell Gully (issuer)EY (issuer)Clayton Utz (lead manager) Revolution Private Credit Income Trust IPO
Sep 2025 Paladin Energy ––PlacementLegal adviser to the issuerCompleted300.0Uranium Macquarie Capital (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Fasken (issuer) Paladin Energy placement
Sep 2025 Fredon Industries –NRW HoldingsAcquisitionLegal adviser to NRW Holdings (acquirer)Completed200.0Engineering and construction Longreach Capital (buy-side)K&L Gates (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Findex (sell-side) NRW Holdings acquisition of Fredon Industries
Aug 2025 Umwelt Environmental & Social Consultants –Five V CapitalAcquisitionLegal adviser to Five V Capital (acquirer)Announced–Business and professional services BDO (buy-side)PwC (buy-side)OC&C Strategy Consultants (buy-side) Five V Capital acquisition of Umwelt Environmental & Social Consultants
Jul 2025 Warriedar Resources –Capricorn MetalsSchemeLegal adviser to Capricorn Metals (acquirer)Completed–Gold and silver Longreach Capital (buy-side)Discovery Capital Partners (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side)Valuation and Resource Management (sell-side)BDO (sell-side) Capricorn Metals acquisition of Warriedar Resources
Jul 2025 First Maven Pty Ltd (L1 Capital) –Platinum Asset ManagementMergerLegal adviser to First Maven Pty Ltd (L1 Capital) (target)Completed–Asset and wealth management Platinum Asset Management and First Maven Pty Ltd (L1 Capital) merger
Jul 2025 Wellington Stage 1 battery energy storage system (300 MW / 600 MWh) AMPYR AustraliaWambal BilaStakeLegal adviser to Wambal Bila Limited (Wambal Bila) (acquirer)Announced–Renewable energy and storage Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) Wambal Bila stake in Wellington Stage 1 battery energy storage system (300 MW / 600 MWh)
Jun 2025 Wesfarmers ––AcquisitionLegal adviser to BWP Management (acquirer)Announced–REITs and property funds Highbury Partnership (buy-side)Deloitte (sell-side) Acquisition of Wesfarmers
May 2025 Peak Rare Earths –Ganzhou Chenguang Rare Earths New Material Co.SchemeLegal adviser to Peak Rare Earths (target)Completed150.5Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals Macquarie Capital (sell-side)RSM (sell-side)ERM (sell-side) Ganzhou Chenguang Rare Earths New Material Co. acquisition of Peak Rare Earths
May 2025 Gold Road –Gold FieldsSchemeLegal adviser to Gold Road Resources (target)Completed3,700.0Gold and silver Gresham (sell-side)Goldman Sachs (sell-side)Deloitte (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)PwC (sell-side) Gold Fields acquisition of Gold Road
May 2025 L1 Capital –Platinum Asset ManagementMergerLegal adviser to L1 Capital (target)Completed–Asset and wealth management Jefferies (buy-side)Allens (buy-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side) Platinum Asset Management and L1 Capital merger
Apr 2025 Commerce Resources Corp. –Mont Royal ResourcesSchemeLegal adviser to Mont Royal Resources (acquirer)Announced–Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals Yelverton Capital (buy-side)Wallabi Group (sell-side)Farris LLP (buy-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side) Mont Royal Resources acquisition of Commerce Resources Corp.
Apr 2025 Mont Royal Resources ––PlacementLegal adviser to the issuerAnnounced10.0Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals Peloton Capital (lead manager)Wallabi Group (lead manager) Mont Royal Resources placement
Apr 2025 Questas Group Allegro FundsFive V CapitalAcquisitionLegal adviser to Five V Capital (acquirer)Completed–Industrial products and machinery Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)UBS (sell-side)EY (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Miles Advisory Partners (buy-side)Skye Capital Advisory (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)KPMG (buy-side)Zenith Strategy Associates (buy-side)ERM (buy-side)Unified Commerce (buy-side) Five V Capital acquisition of Questas Group
Apr 2025 Portfolio of warehouses across New South Wales and Queensland –Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing investment vehicleJoint ventureLegal adviser to Frasers Property IndustrialAnnounced–REITs and property funds Clayton Utz (buy-side) Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing investment vehicle acquisition of Portfolio of warehouses across New South Wales and Queensland
Mar 2025 LegalVision –Quadrant Private EquityStakeLegal adviser to Quadrant Private Equity (acquirer)Completed–Business and professional services PwC (buy-side)OC&C Strategy Consultants (buy-side)Allier Capital (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side) Quadrant Private Equity stake in LegalVision
Mar 2025 Athena AI –SightLine ApplicationsAcquisitionLegal adviser to SightLine Applications (acquirer)Completed–Software Mintz (buy-side) SightLine Applications acquisition of Athena AI
Feb 2025 Mayne Pharma Group –Cosette PharmaceuticalsSchemeLegal adviser to Cosette Pharmaceuticals (acquirer)Withdrawn672.0Biotech and pharmaceuticals Jefferies (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Arnold & Porter (sell-side)Santander (buy-side)UBS (buy-side)Ropes & Gray (buy-side)Davis Wright Tremaine (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Deloitte (sell-side) Avista Healthcare Partners acquisition of Mayne Pharma Group
Feb 2025 Domain –CoStar GroupSchemeLegal adviser to CoStar Group, Inc. (CoStar) (acquirer)Completed3,000.0Media, entertainment and online platforms UBS (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)Grant Samuel (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side) CoStar Group acquisition of Domain
Jan 2025 Dominion Income Trust 1 ––IPOLegal adviser to the issuerAnnounced300.0Listed investment vehicles Morgans (lead manager)National Australia Bank (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)CommSec (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Wilsons Advisory (lead manager)EY (issuer) Dominion Income Trust 1 IPO

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Activity

Deals by year
Corrs Chambers Westgarth: deals by year2025: 32, 2026 YTD: 270102030402025: 25 M&A2025: 7 Equity raisings3220252026 YTD: 23 M&A2026 YTD: 4 Equity raisings272026 YTDM&AEquity raisings

By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.

League table rank by year
Corrs Chambers Westgarth: league table rank by year#1#3#5#7#9#1120252026 YTDM&A legal advisers: #11 in 2025M&A legal advisers: #8 in 2026 YTD#8 M&A legal advisers

Headline tables where the firm reached the top ten, ranked as each table opens.

Deals by sector
Corrs Chambers Westgarth: deals by sectorMaterials and mining18Financial services9Real estate8Industrials7Consumer discretionary3Technology3Other sectors11

Sector of the business bought or funded.

Deals by size
Corrs Chambers Westgarth: deals by sizeUnder A$100m5A$100–500m16A$500m–1bn3A$1bn+4Undisclosed31

Disclosed value in Australian dollars.

Most often across the table

Firms advising the other side of the same deals.

Repeat clients

  • Capricorn Metals2 deals
  • Danone2 deals
  • ESR Group Limited (ESR)2 deals
  • Five V Capital2 deals
  • Mont Royal Resources2 deals
  • Perseus Mining2 deals
  • Quadrant Private Equity2 deals
  • S2 Resources2 deals

League table positions

League table positions of Corrs Chambers Westgarth: rank and deals
Table2026 YTDCY2025
M&A legal advisers #8 (19)–
M&A legal advisers, completed #9 (9)#9 (13)

Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.

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