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Gilbert + Tobin

Deals: 74
M&A: 63
Equity raisings: 11
Latest: Oct 2026
M&A legal advisers, Calendar 2025: #2

74 of 74 deals

Deals Gilbert + Tobin advised on, most recent first
									Advisers
Oct 2026	Universal Communications Group Holdings	–	GenusPlus Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to GenusPlus Group (acquirer)	Announced	–	Engineering and construction	Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Quigg Partners (buy-side)RSM (buy-side)	GenusPlus Group acquisition of Universal Communications Group Holdings
Sep 2026	Ingenia Communities Group	–	Warburg Pincus	Scheme	Legal adviser to Ingenia Communities Group (target)	Announced	–	REITs and property funds	UBS (sell-side)Denison Partners (sell-side)Greenhill (sell-side)	Warburg Pincus acquisition of Ingenia Communities Group
Aug 2026	Gas Management Services	Fluxys UK	Energy One	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Energy One (acquirer)	Announced	99.8	Software	Lazard (buy-side)Eversheds Sutherland (buy-side)	Energy One acquisition of Gas Management Services
Aug 2026	BetMakers Technology Group	–	Tabcorp Holdings	Scheme	Legal adviser to Tabcorp Holdings (acquirer)	Announced	267.0	Hospitality, leisure and gaming	MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Barrenjoey (buy-side)	Tabcorp Holdings acquisition of BetMakers Technology Group
Jul 2026	Orikan	Five V Capital	EQT Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Five V Capital (seller)	Announced	–	Software	Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Deutsche Bank (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)	EQT Group acquisition of Orikan
Jul 2026	Vault Minerals	–	Genesis Minerals	Scheme	Legal adviser to Genesis Minerals (acquirer)	Announced	5,600.0	Gold and silver	Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side)RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)	Genesis Minerals and Vault Minerals merger
Jun 2026	Edna May Gold Hub	Ramelius Resources	Forrestania Resources	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Ramelius Resources (seller)	Announced	300.0	Gold and silver	Azure Capital (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side)	Forrestania Resources acquisition of Edna May Gold Hub
Jun 2026	HMA Group	–	Anchorage Capital Partners	Scheme	Legal adviser to Anchorage Capital Partners (acquirer)	Completed	–	Industrial products and machinery	Thomsons (sell-side)	Anchorage Capital Partners acquisition of HMA Group
Jun 2026	Tahmoor Coal Group assets	Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd and Bargo Collieries Pty Ltd (in liquidation)	Consortium	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Golden Energy and Resources	Completed	–	Coal	Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)	Consortium acquisition of Tahmoor Coal Group assets
May 2026	MPC Kinetic	–	GenusPlus Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to GenusPlus Group (acquirer)	Announced	400.0	Engineering and construction	Sternship Advisers (buy-side)RSM (buy-side)	GenusPlus Group acquisition of MPC Kinetic
May 2026	SPC Global Holdings	–	–	Entitlement offer	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	100.0	Food and beverage	Unified Capital Partners (lead manager)Gleneagle Securities (lead manager)	SPC Global Holdings entitlement offer
May 2026	SkinKandy	SaleCo	–	IPO	Legal adviser to the issuer	Listed	160.0	Household and personal products	Highbury Partnership (issuer)Barrenjoey (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)LegalVision (issuer)Wynn Williams (issuer)KPMG (issuer)Frost & Sullivan (issuer)	SkinKandy IPO
Apr 2026	Cuscal	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	30.0	Payments and fintech	BofA Securities (lead manager)	Cuscal placement
Apr 2026	Kestrel Coal Group	EMR Capital Advisors	Yancoal Australia	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Yancoal Australia (acquirer)	Announced	3,411.9	Coal	UBS (buy-side)Freshfields (buy-side)	Yancoal Australia acquisition of Kestrel Coal Group
Apr 2026	Downtown Music Holdings	–	Universal Music Group (through Virgin Music Group)	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Virgin Music Group (acquirer)	Completed	1,104.0	Media, entertainment and online platforms	Kirkland & Ellis (buy-side)Freshfields (buy-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)TozziniFreire Advogados (sell-side)	Universal Music Group (through Virgin Music Group) acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings
Mar 2026	Railtrain Holdings	Entities associated with Chris Chalwell, Brendan Williams, Andrew McCutcheon and Graham Butler	GenusPlus Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to GenusPlus Group (acquirer)	Completed	–	Engineering and construction	Sternship Advisers (buy-side)	GenusPlus Group acquisition of Railtrain Holdings
Mar 2026	Cue Energy Resources	Echelon Resources	Horizon Oil	Takeover	Legal adviser to Cue Energy Resources (target)	Announced	–	Oil and gas	Mallesons (buy-side)Azure Capital (sell-side)	Horizon Oil acquisition of Cue Energy Resources
Mar 2026	The Koala Company	–	–	IPO	Legal adviser to the issuer	Listed	68.1	Home building and durables	Barrenjoey (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Highbury Partnership (issuer)KPMG (issuer)	The Koala Company IPO
Feb 2026	ClearView Wealth	–	Zurich Financial Services Australia	Scheme	Legal and tax adviser to ClearView Wealth (target)	Completed	–	Insurance	Greenhill (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)	Zurich Financial Services Australia acquisition of ClearView Wealth
Feb 2026	Pepper Money	–	Challenger	Scheme	Legal adviser to Pepper Money (target)	Announced	–	Banking and lending	Jefferies (sell-side)Reunion Capital Partners (sell-side)	Challenger acquisition of Pepper Money
Feb 2026	Pickle Crow Gold Project	FireFly Metals	Bellavista Resources	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Bellavista Resources (acquirer)	Completed	–	Gold and silver	Cassels (buy-side)	Bellavista Resources acquisition of Pickle Crow Gold Project
Feb 2026	Pickle Crow Gold Project and exploration assets (Ontario)	FireFly Metals	Bellavista Resources	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Bellavista Resources (acquirer)	Announced	–	Gold and silver	Cassels (buy-side)	Bellavista Resources acquisition of Pickle Crow Gold Project and exploration assets (Ontario)
Feb 2026	Bellavista Resources	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	35.0	Gold and silver	Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Argonaut (lead manager)	Bellavista Resources placement
Feb 2026	Eucalyptus	Blackbird Ventures	Hims & Hers Health	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Eucalyptus (target)	Completed	1,751.8	Hospitals, clinics and aged care	K&L Gates (sell-side)MinterEllison (buy-side)Cooley (sell-side)	Hims & Hers Health acquisition of Eucalyptus
Dec 2025	Hartshead Resources	–	ACAM GP	Scheme	Legal adviser to ACAM GP (acquirer)	Completed	40.0	Oil and gas	Blackwall Legal (sell-side)S&F Investment Advisors (buy-side)Auctus Advisors (buy-side)Watson Farley & Williams (buy-side)Miles Thomas (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)Yaxley Tax Consulting (sell-side)	ACAM GP acquisition of Hartshead Resources
Dec 2025	Simberi Gold Project	St Barbara	Kumul Mineral Holdings	Stake	Legal adviser to Kumul Mineral Holdings (acquirer)	Announced	100.0	Gold and silver	Allens (sell-side)	Kumul Mineral Holdings stake in Simberi Gold Project
Dec 2025	Advanced Logic Technology	–	IMDEX	Acquisition	Legal adviser to IMDEX (acquirer)	Announced	99.0	Mining services and equipment	Elvinger Hoss Prussen (buy-side)Davis Graham (buy-side)PwC (sell-side)Vertumnus Lawyers (sell-side)	IMDEX acquisition of Advanced Logic Technology
Dec 2025	Strait Link	Allegro Funds	Igneo Infrastructure Partners	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Igneo Infrastructure Partners (acquirer)	Completed	–	Transport and logistics	Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)	Igneo Infrastructure Partners acquisition of Strait Link
Dec 2025	Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia	Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC)	Journey Beyond	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Indigenous Land and Sea (seller)	Completed	–	Hospitality, leisure and gaming	Jones Day (buy-side)	Journey Beyond acquisition of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia
Dec 2025	AS Colour	–	–	Stake	Legal adviser to Quadrant Private Equity (acquirer)	Completed	–	Consumer brands and apparel	Jarden (buy-side)Allier Capital (sell-side)	Stake in AS Colour
Nov 2025	Venus Metals Corporation	–	QGold	Takeover	Legal adviser to Venus Metals Corporation (target)	Announced	33.6	Gold and silver	Ord Minnett (buy-side)Arnold Bloch Leibler (buy-side)	QGold acquisition of Venus Metals Corporation
Nov 2025	Latitude.sh	–	Megaport	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Megaport (acquirer)	Completed	229.2	IT services	BofA Securities (buy-side)Cooley (buy-side)Pinheiro Neto Advogados (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	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	200.0	Telecommunications and digital infrastructure	BofA Securities (lead manager)UBS (lead manager)	Megaport placement
Oct 2025	Cash Converters International	–	–	Entitlement offer	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	25.0	Banking and lending	Bell Potter (lead manager)	Cash Converters International entitlement offer
Oct 2025	Right Resources	–	–	IPO	Legal adviser to the issuer	Listed	8.0	Gold and silver	Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)PacificOne (issuer)BDO (issuer)Valuation and Resource Management (issuer)	Right Resources IPO
Oct 2025	Pacific Smiles Group	–	Beam Dental Bidco	Takeover	Legal adviser to Pacific Smiles Group (target)	Completed	–	Hospitals, clinics and aged care	Clifford Chance (buy-side)Deloitte (sell-side)	Beam Dental acquisition of Pacific Smiles Group
Oct 2025	St Barbara	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	58.0	Gold and silver	Argonaut (lead manager)Mallesons (issuer)	St Barbara placement
Sep 2025	Automic Group	–	Advent International	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Automic Group (target)	Announced	–	Payments and fintech	Allens (buy-side)Goldman Sachs (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Boston Consulting Group (sell-side)Crosslake Technologies (sell-side)Privatus Capital Partners (sell-side)	Advent International acquisition of Automic Group
Sep 2025	Fredon Industries	–	NRW Holdings	Acquisition	Tax adviser to Fredon Industries (target)	Completed	200.0	Engineering and construction	Longreach Capital (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)K&L Gates (sell-side)Findex (sell-side)	NRW Holdings acquisition of Fredon Industries
Aug 2025	Indue	–	Cuscal	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Cuscal (acquirer)	Completed	75.0	Payments and fintech	BofA Securities (buy-side)	Cuscal acquisition of Indue
Aug 2025	EG Australia (EG Group Australia Pty Ltd and EG AsiaPac Holdings Pty Ltd)	EG Group	Ampol	Acquisition	Legal adviser to EG Group (seller)	Completed	1,100.0	Oil and gas	UBS (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)	Ampol acquisition of EG Australia (EG Group Australia Pty Ltd and EG AsiaPac Holdings Pty Ltd)
Aug 2025	Wittner Group	–	–	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Deloitte (target)	Completed	–	Consumer brands and apparel		Acquisition of Wittner Group
Jul 2025	Reef Casino Trust	Accor	Iris Cairns Property	Takeover	Legal adviser to Iris Cairns Property (acquirer)	Announced	192.7	Hospitality, leisure and gaming	Morgans (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)	Iris Cairns Property acquisition of Reef Casino Trust
Jul 2025	50% stake in the Central Tanami Gold Project	Northern Star Resources	Mount Gibson Iron	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Mount Gibson Iron (acquirer)	Pending	50.0	Gold and silver		Mount Gibson Iron acquisition of 50% stake in the Central Tanami Gold Project
Jul 2025	Virgin Australia	–	Qatar Airways Group	Stake	Legal adviser to Virgin Australia (target)	Announced	–	Transport and logistics		Qatar Airways Group stake in Virgin Australia
Jul 2025	Caleb and Brown Holdings	–	Swyftx	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Caleb and Brown Holdings (target)	Completed	–	Payments and fintech	Baker McKenzie (buy-side)	Swyftx acquisition of Caleb and Brown Holdings
Jun 2025	Adriatic Metals	–	Dundee Precious Metals	Scheme	Legal adviser to Dundee Precious Metals (acquirer)	Completed	1,997.6	Gold and silver	RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Stifel (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Stikeman Elliott (sell-side)BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)Tavistock (buy-side)BCLP (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side)	Dundee Precious Metals acquisition of Adriatic Metals
Jun 2025	GrowthOps' Asian businesses	GrowthOps	Applied AI Company (AAICO)	Acquisition	Legal adviser to McGrathNicol (target)	Completed	–	IT services		Applied AI Company (AAICO) acquisition of GrowthOps' Asian businesses
Jun 2025	Virgin Australia	–	–	IPO	Legal adviser to the issuer	Listed	685.0	Transport and logistics	Allens (lead manager)Goldman Sachs (lead manager)UBS (lead manager)Barrenjoey (lead manager)Sidley Austin (issuer)Reunion Capital Partners (issuer)	Virgin Australia IPO
May 2025	MAC Copper	–	Harmony Gold Mining Company	Scheme	Legal adviser to MAC Copper (target)	Completed	1,580.0	Copper and base metals	Barrenjoey (sell-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (sell-side)Ogier (sell-side)Webber Wentzel (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)	Harmony Gold Mining Company acquisition of MAC Copper
May 2025	Laverton Gold Project	Focus Minerals	Genesis Minerals	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Genesis Minerals (acquirer)	Completed	250.0	Gold and silver	Canaccord Genuity (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)HFW (sell-side)	Genesis Minerals acquisition of Laverton Gold Project
May 2025	Matrix Composites & Engineering	–	Advanced Innergy Holdings	Scheme	Legal adviser to Matrix Composites & Engineering (target)	Withdrawn	–	Energy services	Henslow (buy-side)MinterEllison (buy-side)Azure Capital (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)	Advanced Innergy Holdings acquisition of Matrix Composites & Engineering
May 2025	Prime100	–	Colgate-Palmolive	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Quadrant Private Equity (target)	Completed	500.0	Food and beverage	Houlihan Lokey (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Addisons (buy-side)Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (buy-side)	Colgate-Palmolive acquisition of Prime100
May 2025	Speewah Fluorite Project	–	Sumitomo	Joint venture	Legal adviser to Tivan	Completed	–	Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals	Allens (buy-side)	Sumitomo acquisition of Speewah Fluorite Project
May 2025	Riverlink Disability Services	–	SydWest Multicultural Services	Acquisition	Legal adviser to SydWest Multicultural Services (acquirer)	Completed	–	Hospitals, clinics and aged care		SydWest Multicultural Services acquisition of Riverlink Disability Services
Apr 2025	Bigtincan Holdings	–	Vector Capital Management, L.P.	Scheme	Legal adviser to Bigtincan Holdings (target)	Completed	183.0	Software	Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side)Sidley Austin (buy-side)	Vector Capital Management, L.P. acquisition of Bigtincan Holdings
Apr 2025	Questas Group	Allegro Funds	Five V Capital	Acquisition	Legal 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)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (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	MGC Group Holdings (WA)	Entities associated with Chris Newton and Mark Byrne	GenusPlus Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to GenusPlus Group (acquirer)	Completed	10.3	Engineering and construction	Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Poynton Stavrianou (sell-side)Squire Patton Boggs (sell-side)	GenusPlus Group acquisition of MGC Group Holdings (WA)
Apr 2025	TPG Telecom Enterprise, Government and Wholesale fixed business and fibre network assets	TPG Telecom	Vocus Group	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Vocus Group (acquirer)	Pending	5,250.0	Telecommunications and digital infrastructure		Vocus Group acquisition of TPG Telecom Enterprise, Government and Wholesale fixed business and fibre network assets
Mar 2025	The AZEK Company	–	James Hardie Industries	Acquisition	Legal adviser to James Hardie Industries (acquirer)	Completed	13,972.3	Building materials	Jefferies (buy-side)BofA Securities (buy-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (buy-side)Arthur Cox (buy-side)Goldman Sachs (sell-side)Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (sell-side)	James Hardie Industries acquisition of The AZEK Company
Mar 2025	LegalVision	–	Quadrant Private Equity	Stake	Legal adviser to LegalVision (target)	Completed	–	Business and professional services	PwC (buy-side)OC&C Strategy Consultants (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Allier Capital (sell-side)	Quadrant Private Equity stake in LegalVision
Feb 2025	Mayne Pharma Group	–	Cosette Pharmaceuticals	Scheme	Legal adviser to Mayne Pharma Group (target)	Withdrawn	672.0	Biotech and pharmaceuticals	Jefferies (sell-side)Arnold & Porter (sell-side)Santander (buy-side)UBS (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (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 Group	Scheme	Legal adviser to Domain Holdings Australia (target)	Completed	3,000.0	Media, entertainment and online platforms	UBS (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)Grant Samuel (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)	CoStar Group acquisition of Domain
Feb 2025	Amaero International	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	22.0	Industrial products and machinery	Curran & Co (lead manager)	Amaero International placement
Feb 2025	Industry Super Holdings	–	Nest	Stake	Legal adviser to Nest (acquirer)	Completed	–	Asset and wealth management	Travers Smith (buy-side)	Nest stake in Industry Super Holdings
Feb 2025	Herron Todd White	–	Quadrant Private Equity	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Quadrant Private Equity (acquirer)	Completed	–	Property development and services	Ad Astra Corporate Advisory (buy-side)HWLE Lawyers (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)	Quadrant Private Equity acquisition of Herron Todd White
Feb 2025	CDC Data Centres	Commonwealth Superannuation	–	Stake	Legal adviser to Commonwealth Superannuation (seller)	Completed	–	Data centres		Stake in CDC Data Centres
Jan 2025	Dropsuite	–	NinjaOne	Scheme	Legal adviser to NinjaOne (acquirer)	Completed	420.0	Software	Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Goodwin (buy-side)BDO (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)	NinjaOne acquisition of Dropsuite
Jan 2025	Quickstep Holdings	–	ASDAM	Scheme	Legal adviser to ASDAM (acquirer)	Completed	41.2	Defence and aerospace	Miles Advisory Partners (sell-side)Maddocks (sell-side)Deloitte (sell-side)	CPE Capital acquisition of Quickstep Holdings
Jan 2025	IFM Investors	–	–	Scheme	Legal adviser to ISPT	Completed	–	Asset and wealth management		ISPT and IFM Investors merger
Jan 2025	JET Charge	–	Mirova	Stake	Legal adviser to Mirova (acquirer)	Completed	–	Industrial products and machinery		Mirova stake in JET Charge
Jan 2025	EMM Consulting	–	Quadrant's Strategic Equity Fund	Stake	Legal adviser to EMM Consulting (target)	Completed	–	Waste and environmental services		Quadrant's Strategic Equity Fund stake in EMM Consulting
Dec 2024	SG Fleet Group	–	Westmann Bidco	Scheme	Legal adviser to SG Fleet Group (target)	Completed	–	Business and professional services	BofA Securities (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)	Pacific Equity Partners acquisition of SG Fleet Group
Dec 2024	De Grey Mining	–	Northern Star Resources	Scheme	Legal adviser to De Grey Mining (target)	Completed	–	Gold and silver	KPMG (sell-side)Azure Capital (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)	Northern Star Resources acquisition of De Grey Mining