M&A and equity raisings
2,023 deals since January 2025, each with its advisers and sources · as at 10 Nov 2026 · Venture rounds
2,023 deals · A$511bndisclosed · Clear
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| Date | Target | Vendor | Acquirer | Type | Status | Value A$m | Sector | Advisers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | Digital Matter | – | Five V Capital | Acquisition | Announced | – | – | Azure Capital (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Westpoint Shopping Centre | Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) | Haben | Asset sale | Completed | 900.0 | REITs and property funds | Allens (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Splend Group | – | IFM Investors | Stake | Announced | – | Transport and logistics | Grant Samuel (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Orora Australian and New Zealand wine closures business | Orora | Interpack | Asset sale | Completed | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | Flagstaff PartnersHamilton Locke (sell-side)Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | IFM Investors | – | – | Scheme | Completed | – | Asset and wealth management | Gilbert + Tobin |
| Jan 2025 | JET Charge | – | Mirova | Stake | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Tasmanian Bakeries business | National Pies | Patties Foods | Asset sale | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Maddocks (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | EMM Consulting | – | Quadrant's Strategic Equity Fund | Stake | Completed | – | Waste and environmental services | Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | E3 Advisory | – | Ricardo Group | Acquisition | Completed | 101.4 | Business and professional services | McCullough Robertson (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Dennis Family Homes | – | Simonds | Acquisition | Completed | – | Home building and durables | Grant Samuel (sell-side)Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Boneo Park | McNaught family | Solomon family | Acquisition | Completed | – | – | Nash Advisory (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Agilitus | BG&E Group | The Founders of BG&E Resources | Acquisition | Completed | – | – | Azure Capital |
| Jan 2025 | Patriot Battery Metals | – | Volkswagen | Stake | Completed | 80.6 | Lithium and battery metals | Allens (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side)DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | CMP Consulting Group | – | Vysarn | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Maddocks (sell-side) |
| 2025 | Kincumber Nautical Village | Owners of Kincumber Nautical Village | Hampshire Property Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | – | Nash Advisory (sell-side) |
| 2025 | Fonterra’s consumer and associated businesses | Fonterra Co-operative Group | Lactalis | Acquisition | Completed | 3,819.2 | Food and beverage | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Jarden (sell-side)Russell McVeagh (sell-side)Craigs Investment Partners (sell-side)J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Sudath Perera Associates (sell-side)Cameron Partners (buy-side)Rothschild & Co (buy-side)Allens (buy-side)Freshfields (buy-side)Bell Gully (buy-side)Deloitte (buy-side) |
| 2025 | The Plaza Shopping Centre | Kiwi Property Group | NZ Retail Property Group | Asset sale | Completed | 107.6 | – | Anderson Lloyd (buy-side) |
| 2025 | Vingroup | SK Group | – | Stake | Completed | – | Property development and services | Allens (sell-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Maximus Resources | Beacon Minerals | Astral Resources | Takeover | Completed | 31.0 | Gold and silver | EMK Lawyers (sell-side)Taylor Collison (buy-side)Thomsons (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | AuCyber | – | 5G Networks | Takeover | Withdrawn | – | IT services | Baker McKenzie (sell-side)Latimer Partners (sell-side)Morgans (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Geopacific Resources | – | – | Entitlement offer | Completed | 40.0 | Gold and silver | Taylor Collison (lead manager) |
| Dec 2024 | CIP Holdings | – | TA Associates Management, L.P | Scheme | Completed | – | – | Northington Partners (sell-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Eagle Mountain Mining | – | – | Entitlement offer | Announced | 2.0 | Copper and base metals | Blackwall Legal (issuer)Alto Capital (lead manager)Prenzler Group (lead manager) |
| Dec 2024 | Applejack Group | Ben Carroll | Compass Group Australia | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Mills Oakley (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Rural Equities | – | H&G | Takeover | Completed | – | – | Calibre PartnersNorthington Partners (sell-side) |
| Dec 2024 | SG Fleet Group | – | Westmann Bidco | Scheme | Completed | – | Business and professional services | BofA Securities (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side) |
| Dec 2024 | De Grey Mining | – | Northern Star Resources | Scheme | Completed | – | Gold and silver | KPMG (sell-side)Azure Capital (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Randlab Group | – | Animalcare Group | Acquisition | Completed | 120.0 | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | Squire Patton Boggs (buy-side)Pitcher Partners (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Animalcare Group | – | – | Placement | Announced | 39.0 | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | Squire Patton Boggs (issuer) |
| Dec 2024 | Resolution Life | Resolution Life’s investment limited partnership | Nippon Life | Acquisition | Completed | – | Insurance | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Billson's alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage brands | Billson's Beverages | The Coca-Cola Company | Asset sale | Completed | – | Food and beverage | MinterEllison (sell-side)Addisons (buy-side) |
| Nov 2024 | AVJennings | – | PM Nominees C | Scheme | Completed | 365.0 | Property development and services | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Oct 2024 | Mako Gold | – | Aurum Resources | Takeover | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| Sep 2024 | School Bytes | – | Compass Education | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | KPMG (sell-side) |
| Sep 2024 | Manawa Energy | – | Contact Energy | Scheme | Completed | – | – | Harmos Horton Lusk (sell-side)Lazard (sell-side)Grant Samuel (sell-side)Cameron Partners (buy-side)Rothschild & Co (buy-side) |
| – | 4D Infrastructure | Antipodes | – | Acquisition | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | Blackpeak Capital (sell-side) |
| – | Axe Group | – | – | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | TMT Partners (sell-side) |
| – | Ward Group | – | – | Buy-back | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | Ad Astra Corporate Advisory (sell-side) |
| – | capital markets division of Gumtree Australia (HotCopper, Stockhouse, The Market Online) | Gumtree Australia | ADVFN | Acquisition | Announced | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Lander & Rogers (buy-side) |
| – | Metro Performance Glass | – | Amari Metals Australia | Stake | Completed | – | – | Grant Samuel (sell-side)Bell Gully (sell-side) |
| – | Downs Nursing Agency | – | ARA Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | KPMG (sell-side) |
| – | Bowen Coking Coal | – | Argo Bowen | Acquisition | Announced | – | Coal | Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side) |
| – | Aurum Resources | – | – | Placement | Announced | 36.5 | Gold and silver | Allion Partners (issuer) |
| – | Boa Vista Gold Project | GoldMining | Australian Mines | Asset sale | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| – | Dowdens Group | – | AxFlow Oceania | Acquisition | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | Lander & Rogers (buy-side) |
| – | Blackpearl Group | – | – | Placement | Completed | 10.2 | Software | Lander & Rogers (issuer)Duncan Cotterill (issuer) |
| – | Dawson mine | Peabody Energy | BUMA Internasional Grup Tbk | Asset sale | Announced | 647.7 | Coal | Jones Day (sell-side) |
| – | Menck marine foundations business | Acteon | Cadeler A/S | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Lander & Rogers (sell-side) |
| – | Eastern Metals | – | – | Placement | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) |
| – | Far East Gold | – | – | Placement | Completed | 14.6 | Gold and silver | Johnson Winter Slattery |
Deals come from ASX announcements, scheme booklets, prospectuses, the advisers' own deal announcements and the press. How the data is built All countries covers Australia and New Zealand. The United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Singapore, China and India are planned.