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Hall & Wilcox
- Deals
- 10
- Latest
- May 2026
What they do
Hall & Wilcox is an Australian law firm that acts for corporate, public sector and private clients, including on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets work.
- Services
- M&A law, Capital markets law, Private equity law, Banking and finance law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law
- Specialties
- insurance, financial services, technology and digital economy, healthcare and aged care, property and real estate investment, retail and consumer products, mining and energy, infrastructure
- Kinds of deal
- domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, private equity investments and exits
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$130m, from A$54m to A$440m
- Clients
- Private equity, Corporates, Business owners and founders, Listed companies, Investors and funds, Startups and venture-backed companies, Government and not-for-profit
- Places served
- AU
- Memberships
- Australian Investment Council (AIC)
- Founded
- over 100 years ago
From hallandwilcox.com.au, checked 7 Nov 2026: /about-us/, /expertise/services/mergers-acquisitions/, /expertise/services/capital-markets/, /expertise/sectors/venture-capital-and-startups/, /expertise/
Deals
Columns
10 of 10 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | Bargain Car Rentals | Bargain Car Rentals shareholders | Tokyo Century | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Tokyo Century (acquirer) | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side)Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (buy-side)EY | Tokyo Century acquisition of Bargain Car Rentals |
| Oct 2025 | Filterfab | – | MAXI-PRESS Australia | Acquisition | Legal adviser to MAXI-PRESS Australia (acquirer) | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Wynn Williams (buy-side) | MAXI-PRESS Australia acquisition of Filterfab |
| Sep 2025 | Doors Plus founding family property portfolio (showrooms and distribution sites) | Doors Plus founding family | – | Asset sale | Legal adviser | Announced | 54.0 | REITs and property funds | Ellerston Capital Solutions (sell-side)Colliers (sell-side) | Acquisition of Doors Plus founding family property portfolio (showrooms and distribution sites) |
| Sep 2025 | Doors Plus Group | owners of Doors Plus | Colinton Capital Partners | Acquisition | Legal adviser | Completed | 60.0 | Building materials | BDO (sell-side)Ellerston Capital Solutions (sell-side) | Colinton Capital Partners acquisition of Doors Plus Group |
| Aug 2025 | Isuzu Financial Services Australia (IFSA) | – | – | Joint venture | Legal adviser to Isuzu Australia | Announced | – | Banking and lending | Acquisition of Isuzu Financial Services Australia (IFSA) | |
| Aug 2025 | Swift Storage | – | Barings | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Swift Storage (target) | Completed | 200.0 | REITs and property funds | HWLE Lawyers (buy-side) | Barings acquisition of Swift Storage |
| May 2025 | Glenbawn and Glennies Creek pumped hydro projects | Upper Hunter Hydro Top Trust and its trustee (UHH) | AGL | Asset sale | Legal adviser | Announced | – | Renewable energy and storage | AGL acquisition of Glenbawn and Glennies Creek pumped hydro projects | |
| May 2025 | StoreLocal | principals of the StoreLocal Group | entities managed by Blackrock | Acquisition | Legal adviser to principals of the StoreLocal Group (seller) | Completed | 440.0 | REITs and property funds | Highbury Partnership (sell-side) | entities managed by Blackrock acquisition of StoreLocal |
| Apr 2025 | Wealth Architects | – | The Envest Group | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Wealth Architects (target) | Completed | – | Asset and wealth management | Forvis Mazars (South Africa) (sell-side) | The Envest Group acquisition of Wealth Architects |
| Feb 2025 | Avolution | – | Whiteoak | Stake | Legal adviser to Avolution (target) | Completed | – | Software | 333 Capital (sell-side) | Whiteoak stake in Avolution |
Listed on their website
- Advised Tokyo Century Corporation on its acquisition of national rental business, Bargain Car Rentals.
- Assisted New World Corporation with the sale of its remaining 50% stake in fuel retailer, Liberty Oil, to Viva Energy.
- Advised the principals of the StoreLocal Group in the sale of a majority interest in their $440 million self-storage enterprise to BlackRock. $440 million
- Assisted the owners of Doors Plus on the sale of the business to Colinton Capital Partners.
- Advised Regis Aged Care on acquiring Rockpool RAC Holdings Pty Ltd.
- Advised Swift Storage in the $200 million sale of a majority interest to Barings. $200 million
- Advised Vox Royalty Corp on acquiring ten gold offtake and royalty assets from Deterra Royalties Limited.
- Advised on the sale of the Upper Hunter Hydro projects to AGL Energy Limited.
- Gryphon Capital Income Trust $175 million IPO and ASX listing $175 million
- Dexus Industria REIT $250 million IPO $250 million
- Arena REIT $75 million IPO and ASX listing $75 million
- Powerwrap Limited $17.4 million IPO and ASX listing $17.4 million
- Victory Offices Limited $30.0m IPO and ASX listing $30.0m
- Maggie Beer Holdings $30 million capital raising $30 million
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- HWLE Lawyers
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People on these deals
All 42 people →- James Morvell 3 deals
- Ben Hamilton 2 deals
- James Bull 2 deals
- Jasmine Koh 2 deals
- Jordan Potts 2 deals
- Kristy McCluskey 2 deals
- Langton Clarke 2 deals
- Mark Inston 2 deals
- Mark Lyons 2 deals
- Matthew Hinde 2 deals
- Michelle Eastwell 2 deals
- Alison Choy Flannigan 1 deal
Offices and contact
Offices
- Adelaide Level 5, 100 King William Street, SA 5000 +61 8 8403 9700 Office page ↗
- Brisbane Level 18, 240 Queen Street, QLD 4000 +61 7 3231 7700 Office page ↗
- Canberra Level 4, 33 Ainslie Place, ACT 2601 +61 2 6206 5300 Office page ↗
- Darwin Ground Floor, 26 Harry Chan Avenue, NT 0800 +61 8 9482 7900 Office page ↗
- Melbourne Level 31, Queen & Collins Tower, 376-390 Collins Street (Enter via 100 Queen Street), VIC 3000 +61 3 9603 3555 Office page ↗
- Newcastle Level 11, 727 Hunter Street, Newcastle West, NSW 2302 +61 2 4908 8800 Office page ↗
- Perth +61 8 9482 7900 Office page ↗
- Sydney Level 18, 347 Kent Street, NSW 2000 +61 2 8267 3800 Office page ↗