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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Deals: 69
M&A: 60
Equity raisings: 9
Latest: Oct 2026
M&A legal advisers, 2026 to date: #2

69 of 69 deals

Deals Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer advised on, most recent first
									Advisers
Oct 2026	Ramsay Générale de Santé SA	Ramsay Health Care	–	Scheme	Legal adviser to Ramsay Health Care (seller)	Announced	–	Hospitals, clinics and aged care	Deloitte (sell-side)Goldman Sachs (sell-side)EY (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)	Ramsay Générale de Santé SA demerger
Oct 2026	Kondinin Wind Farm	–	Foresight	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Foresight (acquirer)	Completed	–	Renewable energy and storage	Azure Capital (buy-side)DNV (buy-side)Deloitte (buy-side)	Foresight acquisition of Kondinin Wind Farm
Oct 2026	Zepben	–	Neara	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Neara (acquirer)	Announced	–	Software		Neara acquisition of Zepben
Sep 2026	ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE	–	Telix Pharmaceuticals	Merger	Legal adviser to Telix Pharmaceuticals (acquirer)	Announced	3,337.9	Biotech and pharmaceuticals	Morgan Stanley (buy-side)Sidley Austin (buy-side)Centerview Partners (sell-side)Latham & Watkins (sell-side)	Telix Pharmaceuticals and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE merger
Sep 2026	Reliance Worldwide Corporation	–	Brookfield Capital Partners	Scheme	Legal adviser to Reliance Worldwide Corporation (target)	Announced	4,100.0	Building materials	Goldman Sachs (sell-side)Oaktower Partnership (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)Allens (buy-side)	Brookfield Capital Partners acquisition of Reliance Worldwide Corporation
Sep 2026	Gawara Baya project	Windlab	Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Windlab (seller)	Completed	–	Renewable energy and storage	Clayton Utz (buy-side)White & Case (buy-side)	Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners acquisition of Gawara Baya project
Aug 2026	EQT Holdings	–	TPG Global	Scheme	Legal adviser to EQT Holdings (target)	Announced	–	Asset and wealth management	UBS (sell-side)	TPG Global acquisition of EQT Holdings
Aug 2026	FleetPartners Group	–	SG Fleet Topco	Scheme	Legal adviser to FleetPartners Group (target)	Announced	1,131.0	Banking and lending	UBS (sell-side)	Pacific Equity Partners acquisition of FleetPartners Group
Aug 2026	DR2 business (13SICK, DoctorDoctor, 24-7Medcare and Australian Surgical Assisting)	–	Black Kite Partners	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Black Kite Partners (acquirer)	Completed	–	Hospitals, clinics and aged care		Black Kite Partners acquisition of DR2 business (13SICK, DoctorDoctor, 24-7Medcare and Australian Surgical Assisting)
Aug 2026	The Ivy Collection	Richard Caring	DIAFA (an entity controlled by DIAFA, an affiliate of International Holding Company)	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Richard Caring (seller)	Announced	2,677.3	Hospitality, leisure and gaming	Mills Oakley (sell-side)Norton Rose Fulbright (buy-side)BCLPPaul, WeissBedell Cristin	DIAFA (an entity controlled by DIAFA, an affiliate of International Holding Company) acquisition of The Ivy Collection
Jul 2026	Orikan	Five V Capital	EQT Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to EQT Group (acquirer)	Announced	–	Software	Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Deutsche Bank (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)	EQT Group acquisition of Orikan
Jul 2026	FDC Consolidated Holdings	–	–	IPO	Legal adviser to the lead managers	Listed	400.0	Engineering and construction	UBS (lead manager)MA Moelis Australia (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Allens (issuer)Deloitte (issuer)KPMG (issuer)Oxford Economics Australia (issuer)Moelis & Company (lead manager)	FDC Consolidated Holdings IPO
Jun 2026	EG Group Australia Pty Ltd and EG AsiaPac Holdings Pty Ltd (together, EG Australia)	–	Ampol	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Ampol (acquirer)	Completed	1,165.0	Oil and gas		Ampol acquisition of EG Group Australia Pty Ltd and EG AsiaPac Holdings Pty Ltd (together, EG Australia)
May 2026	Atlantic Lithium	–	Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co.	Scheme	Legal adviser to Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. (acquirer)	Pending	292.0	Lithium and battery metals	Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)HopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side)	Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. acquisition of Atlantic Lithium
May 2026	Firmus	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Announced	702.2	Data centres		Firmus placement
May 2026	Dysons	–	Kinetic	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Kinetic (acquirer)	Completed	–	Transport and logistics		Kinetic acquisition of Dysons
Apr 2026	Neometals	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	13.0	Lithium and battery metals	Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)	Neometals placement
Apr 2026	Twine	–	SafetyCulture	Acquisition	Legal adviser to SafetyCulture (acquirer)	Announced	–	Software		SafetyCulture acquisition of Twine
Mar 2026	PlasmaLeap Technologies	–	Gates Foundation	Stake	Legal adviser to the issuer	Announced	–	Agriculture and agribusiness		Gates Foundation stake in PlasmaLeap Technologies
Feb 2026	SDI	Jeffery James Cheetham	Beijing Guoci Kebo Technology Co.	Scheme	Legal adviser to Sinocera (acquirer)	Completed	166.4	Medical devices and technology	Houlihan Lokey (sell-side)DLA Piper (sell-side)Rothschild & Co (buy-side)	Beijing Guoci Kebo Technology Co. acquisition of SDI
Feb 2026	Genesis Energy	–	–	Entitlement offer	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	–	Electricity and gas networks and retail	Jarden (lead manager)Bell Gully (issuer)	Genesis Energy entitlement offer
Feb 2026	PYC Therapeutics	–	–	Entitlement offer	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	653.0	Biotech and pharmaceuticals	Bloom Burton & Co. (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Barrenjoey (lead manager)	PYC Therapeutics entitlement offer
Feb 2026	MAAS Group Construction Materials division	MAAS Group Holdings	Heidelberg Materials Australia	Acquisition	Legal adviser to MAAS Group Holdings (seller)	Pending	1,700.0	Building materials	Mallesons (buy-side)	Heidelberg Materials Australia acquisition of MAAS Group Construction Materials division
Feb 2026	Hapana	–	Microequities	Stake	Legal adviser to the issuer	Announced	–	Software		Microequities stake in Hapana
Jan 2026	Diversified United Investment	–	Australian United Investment Company	Scheme	Legal adviser to Australian United Investment Company (acquirer)	Withdrawn	–	Listed investment vehicles	Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)	Australian United Investment Company and Diversified United Investment merger
Jan 2026	Australian Strategic Materials	–	Energy Fuels	Scheme	Legal 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)Goldman Sachs (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
Jan 2026	BlueScope Steel	–	SGH	Scheme	Legal adviser to BlueScope Steel (target)	Announced	–	Iron ore and steel	UBS (sell-side)	SGH acquisition of BlueScope Steel
Jan 2026	Kraken Technologies	–	Origin Energy	Stake	Legal adviser to Origin Energy (acquirer)	Announced	13,176.3	Software		Origin Energy stake in Kraken Technologies
Jan 2026	National Capital Private Hospital	certain Healthscope Group entities	Ramsay Health Care	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Ramsay Health Care (acquirer)	Announced	251.0	Hospitals, clinics and aged care		Ramsay Health Care acquisition of National Capital Private Hospital
Jan 2026	Delburn Wind Farm (205 MW)	–	SEC Victoria (SEC)	Asset sale	Legal adviser to SEC Victoria (acquirer)	Completed	–	Renewable energy and storage		SEC Victoria (SEC) acquisition of Delburn Wind Farm (205 MW)
Dec 2025	Predictive Discovery	–	Perseus Mining	Scheme	Legal adviser to Predictive Discovery (target)	Completed	2,100.0	Gold and silver	Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side)BMO Capital Markets (sell-side)SCP Resource Finance (sell-side)Fasken (sell-side)GenCap Mining Advisory (sell-side)	Perseus Mining acquisition of Predictive Discovery
Dec 2025	Keolis Downer	–	Keolis Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Keolis Group (acquirer)	Completed	–	Transport and logistics		Keolis Group acquisition of Keolis Downer
Dec 2025	AFS Logistics	The Growth Fund	FMH Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to The Growth Fund and minority shareholders (seller)	Completed	–	Transport and logistics	Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)GreenMount (sell-side)EY (sell-side)	Pacific Equity Partners acquisition of AFS Logistics
Dec 2025	Pioneer Sail Holdings Pty Limited and Latrobe Valley Power (Holdings) Pty Ltd (Alinta Energy)	Chow Tai Fook Enterprises	Sembcorp Industries	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) (seller)	Announced	6,500.0	Electricity and gas networks and retail	Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)	Sembcorp Industries acquisition of Pioneer Sail Holdings Pty Limited and Latrobe Valley Power (Holdings) Pty Ltd (Alinta Energy)
Dec 2025	Black Mount Spring Water	The Growth Fund	Tasman Capital	Acquisition	Legal adviser to The Growth Fund and minority shareholders (seller)	Announced	–	Food and beverage	Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)GreenMount (sell-side)EY (sell-side)	Tasman Capital acquisition of Black Mount Spring Water
Dec 2025	750 Collins Street, Melbourne	GPT Group	TrustCapital Advisors (TCA)	Asset sale	Legal adviser to TrustCapital Advisors (TCA) (acquirer)	Announced	383.0	REITs and property funds		TrustCapital Advisors (TCA) acquisition of 750 Collins Street, Melbourne
Nov 2025	MinRes lithium joint venture (Wodgina and Mt Marion)	Mineral Resources	POSCO Holdings	Stake	Legal adviser to Mineral Resources (seller)	Announced	3,900.0	Lithium and battery metals	J.P. Morgan (sell-side)	POSCO Holdings stake in MinRes lithium joint venture (Wodgina and Mt Marion)
Nov 2025	Tilt Renewables	AGL Energy	Queensland Investment	Stake	Legal adviser to AGL Energy (seller)	Completed	750.0	Renewable energy and storage	Allens (sell-side)	Queensland Investment stake in Tilt Renewables
Nov 2025	Kinetic	OPTrust	TPG Rise Climate	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Kinetic and its management team (target)	Completed	4,000.0	Transport and logistics	Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)	TPG Rise Climate acquisition of Kinetic
Oct 2025	TAMS	–	SRG Global	Acquisition	Legal adviser to SRG Global (acquirer)	Completed	–	Engineering and construction	Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)PwC (buy-side)	SRG Global acquisition of TAMS
Oct 2025	Robex Resources	–	Predictive Discovery	Merger	Legal adviser to Predictive Discovery (acquirer)	Completed	–	Gold and silver	BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)SCP Resource Finance (buy-side)Fasken (buy-side)GenCap Mining Advisory (buy-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Peloton Legal (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side)Simmons & Simmons (sell-side)Crux Law (sell-side)ATB Cormark Capital Markets (sell-side)Laurel Hill Advisory Group (sell-side)	Predictive Discovery and Robex Resources merger
Sep 2025	Seven West Media	–	Southern Cross Media Group	Scheme	Legal adviser to Seven West Media (target)	Completed	417.0	Media, entertainment and online platforms	Barrenjoey (sell-side)UBS (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Kroll (buy-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)	Southern Cross Media Group and Seven West Media merger
Sep 2025	Firmus Grid	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Announced	330.0	Data centres	Jones Day (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)	Firmus Grid placement
Sep 2025	Edify Energy	–	La Caisse (formerly Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec)	Acquisition	Legal adviser to the Seller of Edify Energy (target)	Announced	–	Renewable energy and storage	Clifford Chance (buy-side)Lazard (sell-side)	La Caisse (formerly Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) acquisition of Edify Energy
Aug 2025	Apiam Animal Health	–	Adamantem Capital Management	Scheme	Legal and tax adviser to Apiam Animal Health (target)	Completed	228.4	Hospitals, clinics and aged care	Luminis Partners (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)GRT Lawyers (sell-side)Grant Samuel (buy-side)	Adamantem Capital Management acquisition of Apiam Animal Health
Aug 2025	EG Australia (EG Group Australia Pty Ltd and EG AsiaPac Holdings Pty Ltd)	EG Group	Ampol	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Ampol (acquirer)	Completed	1,100.0	Oil and gas	UBS (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)	Ampol acquisition of EG Australia (EG Group Australia Pty Ltd and EG AsiaPac Holdings Pty Ltd)
Aug 2025	National Renewable Network (NRN)	–	Investible	Stake	Legal adviser to Investible (acquirer)	Announced	–	Renewable energy and storage		Investible stake in National Renewable Network (NRN)
Jul 2025	Mad Paws Holdings	–	Rover Group	Scheme	Legal adviser to Rover Group (acquirer)	Completed	62.0	Retail and e-commerce	Highbury Partnership (sell-side)Talbot Sayer (sell-side)Stantons (sell-side)Crowe (sell-side)	Rover Group acquisition of Mad Paws Holdings
Jul 2025	Reef Casino Trust	Accor	Iris Cairns Property	Takeover	Legal adviser to Reef Corporate Services Limited (responsible entity of Reef Casino Trust) (target)	Announced	192.7	Hospitality, leisure and gaming	Morgans (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Mallesons (sell-side)	Iris Cairns Property acquisition of Reef Casino Trust
Jun 2025	Santos	–	XRG P.J.S.C.	Scheme	Legal adviser to Santos (target)	Announced	–	Oil and gas	Goldman Sachs (sell-side)JB North & Co (sell-side)Rothschild & Co (sell-side)	XRG P.J.S.C. acquisition of Santos
Jun 2025	Adriatic Metals	–	Dundee Precious Metals	Scheme	Legal adviser to Adriatic Metals (target)	Completed	1,997.6	Gold and silver	RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Stifel (sell-side)Stikeman Elliott (sell-side)BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)Tavistock (buy-side)BCLP (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)	Dundee Precious Metals acquisition of Adriatic Metals
Jun 2025	GemLife Communities Group	–	–	IPO	Legal adviser to the issuer	Listed	–	Property development and services	Highbury Partnership (issuer)J.P. Morgan (lead manager)Morgan Stanley (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Wilsons Advisory (lead manager)LGT Wealth Management Australia (lead manager)Deloitte (issuer)PwC (issuer)Chadwick Property Valuers (issuer)	GemLife Communities Group IPO
Jun 2025	Lyrebird Health	–	–	Stake	Legal adviser to Lyrebird Health (target)	Completed	–	Medical devices and technology		Stake in Lyrebird Health
May 2025	Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia)	–	Hutchison Telecommunications (Amsterdam)	Takeover	Legal adviser to Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) (target)	Completed	434.3	Telecommunications and digital infrastructure	Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Allens (buy-side)KPMG (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)	Hutchison Telecommunications (Amsterdam) acquisition of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia)
May 2025	IP Generation	–	MA Financial Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to MA Financial Group (acquirer)	Completed	90.4	REITs and property funds	Ord Minnett (buy-side)MA Moelis Australia (buy-side)Arnold Bloch Leibler (sell-side)	MA Financial Group acquisition of IP Generation
Mar 2025	Spartan Resources	–	Ramelius Resources	Scheme	Legal adviser to Spartan Resources (target)	Completed	2,400.0	Gold and silver	Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Allion Partners (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (sell-side)	Ramelius Resources acquisition of Spartan Resources
Mar 2025	MA Credit Income Trust	–	–	IPO	Legal and tax adviser to the issuer	Listed	330.0	Listed investment vehicles	MA Moelis Australia (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)MST Financial (lead manager)Bell Gully (issuer)KPMG (issuer)	MA Credit Income Trust IPO
Mar 2025	Cleary Bros' Construction Businesses	–	Maas Group Holdings	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Maas Group Holdings (acquirer)	Completed	172.0	Engineering and construction		Maas Group Holdings acquisition of Cleary Bros' Construction Businesses
Mar 2025	Waste Services Group	–	The Carlyle Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser	Announced	–	Waste and environmental services	Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Liberty Corporate Finance (sell-side)Allens	The Carlyle Group acquisition of Waste Services Group
Feb 2025	Micromine	Potentia Capital	Weir Group	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Weir (acquirer)	Completed	1,350.0	Software	Johnson Winter Slattery (sell-side)HFW (sell-side)Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung	Weir Group acquisition of Micromine
Feb 2025	SelfWealth	–	Bell Financial Group	Scheme	Legal adviser to SelfWealth (target)	Withdrawn	–	Asset and wealth management	Flagstaff Partners (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)	Bell Financial Group acquisition of SelfWealth
Feb 2025	MedTech Global	–	Banyan Software	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Advent Partners (target)	Completed	–	Software	Allier Capital (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)L.E.K. Consulting (sell-side)	Banyan Software acquisition of MedTech Global
Feb 2025	Predictive Discovery	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	69.2	Gold and silver		Predictive Discovery placement
Jan 2025	Compass Education	–	–	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Advent Partners (target)	Completed	–	Software	L.E.K. Consulting (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)EY (sell-side)RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)	Acquisition of Compass Education
Jan 2025	Dropsuite	–	NinjaOne	Scheme	Legal adviser to Dropsuite (target)	Completed	420.0	Software	Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Goodwin (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)BDO (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)	NinjaOne acquisition of Dropsuite
Jan 2025	Insignia	–	CC Capital	Scheme	Legal adviser to One Investment Management (acquirer)	Completed	3,900.0	Asset and wealth management	Citi (sell-side)Gresham (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (buy-side)Weil, Gotshal & Manges (buy-side)	CC Capital Partners acquisition of Insignia
2025	Fonterra global consumer and associated businesses	Fonterra Co-operative Group	Lactalis	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Fonterra Co-operative Group (seller)	Completed	–	Food and beverage	Jarden (sell-side)Russell McVeagh (sell-side)Craigs Investment Partners (sell-side)J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Sudath Perera Associates (sell-side)	Lactalis acquisition of Fonterra global consumer and associated businesses
Dec 2024	Applejack Group	Ben Carroll	Compass Group Australia	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Compass Group Australia (acquirer)	Completed	–	Hospitality, leisure and gaming	Mills Oakley (sell-side)	Compass Group Australia acquisition of Applejack Group
–	Ainsworth Game Technology	–	Kjerulf David Hastings Ainsworth	Takeover	Legal adviser to Kjerulf David Hastings Ainsworth (acquirer)	Announced	–	Hospitality, leisure and gaming		Kjerulf David Hastings Ainsworth stake in Ainsworth Game Technology