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20 of 20 deals
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| Oct 2026 | Ramsay Générale de Santé SA | Ramsay Health Care | – | Scheme | Financial adviser to Ramsay Health Care (seller) | Announced | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Deloitte (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)EY (sell-side)PwC (sell-side) | Ramsay Générale de Santé SA demerger |
| Sep 2026 | IDP Education | – | Blackstone Singapore | Scheme | Financial adviser to IDP Education (target) | Rejected | – | Education and childcare | Mallesons (sell-side) | Blackstone acquisition of IDP Education |
| Sep 2026 | Reliance Worldwide Corporation | – | Brookfield Capital Partners | Scheme | Financial adviser to Reliance Worldwide Corporation (target) | Announced | 4,100.0 | Building materials | Oaktower Partnership (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) | Brookfield Capital Partners acquisition of Reliance Worldwide Corporation |
| Aug 2026 | Peet | – | Ingenia Communities Group | Scheme | Financial adviser to Peet (target) | Announced | 1,000.0 | Property development and services | Clayton Utz (sell-side)VECTOR Advisors (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)BDO (sell-side) | Ingenia Communities Group acquisition of Peet |
| Aug 2026 | Fermacell (James Hardie's European sustainable walling and flooring business) | James Hardie Industries | Holcim | Acquisition | Financial adviser to James Hardie Industries (seller) | Announced | 1,376.3 | Building materials | DLA Piper (sell-side) | Holcim acquisition of Fermacell (James Hardie's European sustainable walling and flooring business) |
| Jul 2026 | OFX Group | – | Alakazam Holdings Bidco | Scheme | Financial adviser to OFX Group (target) | Announced | 233.0 | Payments and fintech | Allens (sell-side) | Alakazam Holdings acquisition of OFX Group |
| Jun 2026 | South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets | South32 | Alcoa | Asset sale | Financial adviser to Alcoa (acquirer) | Announced | 6,824.4 | Other mining and exploration | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Davis Polk (buy-side)Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (buy-side) | Alcoa acquisition of South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets |
| May 2026 | Vault Minerals | – | Regis Resources | Scheme | Financial adviser to Regis Resources (acquirer) | Withdrawn | – | Gold and silver | Azure Capital (buy-side)Mallesons (buy-side)RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side) | Regis Resources and Vault Minerals merger |
| Mar 2026 | KMD Brands | – | – | Entitlement offer | Joint lead manager and underwriter | Completed | – | Consumer brands and apparel | Forsyth Barr (lead manager) | KMD Brands entitlement offer |
| Mar 2026 | Georgian | – | Navigator Global Investments | Stake | Financial adviser to Georgian (target) | Completed | 142.5 | Asset and wealth management | Weil, Gotshal & Manges (sell-side)Kirkland & Ellis (buy-side) | Navigator Global Investments stake in Georgian |
| Jan 2026 | Australian Strategic Materials | – | Energy Fuels | Scheme | Financial adviser to Energy Fuels (acquirer) | Completed | 447.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Moelis & Company (sell-side)A&O Shearman (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Dentons Canada (buy-side)Dorsey & Whitney (buy-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)KPMG | Energy Fuels acquisition of Australian Strategic Materials |
| Oct 2025 | IMPECT | – | Catapult Sports | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Catapult Sports (acquirer) | Completed | 140.4 | Software | Osborne Clarke (sell-side)Arnold Bloch Leibler (buy-side)DLA Piper (buy-side)ACCRALAW (buy-side) | Catapult Sports acquisition of IMPECT |
| Oct 2025 | Catapult Sports | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and underwriter; Financial adviser to the issuer | Completed | 130.0 | Software | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Arnold Bloch Leibler (issuer) | Catapult Sports placement |
| Sep 2025 | Automic Group | – | Advent International | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Automic Group (target) | Announced | – | Payments and fintech | Allens (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (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 |
| Jun 2025 | Santos | – | XRG P.J.S.C. | Scheme | Financial adviser to Santos (target) | Announced | – | Oil and gas | JB North & Co (sell-side)Rothschild & Co (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) | XRG P.J.S.C. acquisition of Santos |
| Jun 2025 | Virgin Australia | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager and underwriter | Listed | 685.0 | Transport and logistics | Gilbert + Tobin (issuer)Allens (lead manager)UBS (lead manager)Barrenjoey (lead manager)Sidley Austin (issuer)Reunion Capital Partners (issuer) | Virgin Australia IPO |
| May 2025 | Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) | – | Hutchison Telecommunications (Amsterdam) | Takeover | Financial adviser to Hutchison Telecommunications (Amsterdam) (acquirer) | Completed | 434.3 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Allens (buy-side)KPMG (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) | Hutchison Telecommunications (Amsterdam) acquisition of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) |
| May 2025 | Gold Road | – | Gold Fields | Scheme | Financial adviser to Gold Road Resources (target) | Completed | 3,700.0 | Gold and silver | Gresham (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)Deloitte (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)PwC (sell-side) | Gold Fields acquisition of Gold Road |
| Mar 2025 | The AZEK Company | – | James Hardie Industries | Acquisition | Financial adviser to The AZEK Company (target) | Completed | 13,972.3 | Building materials | Jefferies (buy-side)BofA Securities (buy-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (buy-side)Arthur Cox (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (sell-side) | James Hardie Industries acquisition of The AZEK Company |
| Jan 2025 | Amcor | – | – | Merger | Financial adviser to Amcor (acquirer) | Announced | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | Berry Global and Amcor merger |
Activity
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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
- KPMG
2 dealsCompare - Allens
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1 dealCompare - Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer1 dealCompare
- MA Moelis Australia
1 dealCompare - Moelis & Company
1 dealCompare - A&O Shearman
1 dealCompare - BDO
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Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
Repeat clients
- Catapult Sports2 deals
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| M&A financial advisers | #2 (8) | #2 (7) |
| M&A financial advisers, completed | – | #1 (4) |
Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.
People on these deals
- Adrian Lee 1 deal
- Zac Fletcher 1 deal
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