Investment bank · Sydney, Melbourne · also Wellington
J.P. Morgan
- Deals
- 10
- M&A
- 6
- Equity raisings
- 4
- Latest
- Jun 2026
What they do
J.P. Morgan provides investment banking, including M&A and capital raising, for corporations, institutions and governments, with operations in Australia and New Zealand.
- Services
- Sell-side M&A, Buy-side M&A
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$2.6bn, from A$130m to A$7.7bn
- Clients
- Corporates, Government and not-for-profit
- Places served
- AU, NZ
From jpmorgan.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /investment-banking, /investment-banking/mergers-and-acquisitions, /AU/en/about-us
Deals
Columns
10 of 10 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | Steadfast Group | – | Amwins Group | Scheme | Financial adviser to Steadfast Group (target) | Announced | 7,700.0 | Insurance | Citi (sell-side)Insight Capital Advisors (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) | Dragoneer Investment Group acquisition of Steadfast Group |
| Jan 2026 | Alpha HPA | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner and underwriter | Completed | 225.0 | Chemicals and fertilisers | Macquarie Capital (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager) | Alpha HPA placement |
| Dec 2025 | National Storage REIT | – | Iridium SP BidCo | Scheme | Financial adviser to National Storage REIT (target) | Completed | 6,700.0 | REITs and property funds | Citi (sell-side)Clayton Utz (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie | Brookfield Asset Management acquisition of National Storage REIT |
| Nov 2025 | MinRes lithium joint venture (Wodgina and Mt Marion) | Mineral Resources | POSCO Holdings | Stake | Financial adviser to Mineral Resources (seller) | Announced | 3,900.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) | POSCO Holdings stake in MinRes lithium joint venture (Wodgina and Mt Marion) |
| Aug 2025 | Silex Systems | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 130.0 | Uranium | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | Silex Systems placement |
| Jun 2025 | Melio | – | Xero | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Xero (acquirer) | Completed | 3,992.1 | Payments and fintech | Xero acquisition of Melio | |
| Jun 2025 | Johns Lyng Group | – | Pacific Equity Partners | Scheme | Financial adviser to Johns Lyng Group (target) | Completed | 1,300.0 | Engineering and construction | Nomura (sell-side)MinterEllison (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side) | Pacific Equity Partners acquisition of Johns Lyng Group |
| Jun 2025 | GemLife Communities Group | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager and underwriter and bookrunner | Listed | – | Property development and services | Highbury Partnership (issuer)Morgan Stanley (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Wilsons Advisory (lead manager)LGT Wealth Management Australia (lead manager)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (issuer)Deloitte (issuer)PwC (issuer)Chadwick Property Valuers (issuer) | GemLife Communities Group IPO |
| Mar 2025 | Austal | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 200.0 | Defence and aerospace | Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) | Austal placement |
| 2025 | Fonterra global consumer and associated businesses | Fonterra Co-operative Group | Lactalis | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Fonterra Co-operative Group (seller) | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Jarden (sell-side)Russell McVeagh (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills KramerCraigs Investment Partners (sell-side)Sudath Perera Associates (sell-side) | Lactalis acquisition of Fonterra global consumer and associated businesses |
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
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
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| M&A financial advisers | – | #8 (3) |
Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.
Offices and contact
Offices
Australia
- Melbourne +613 9633 4000 Office page ↗
- Sydney +612 9003 8888 Office page ↗
New Zealand
- Wellington Ground Floor, 40 Bowen Street, Pipitea Office page ↗