Law firm · Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth · also Pittsburgh

K&L Gates

Deals: 21
M&A: 16
Equity raisings: 5
Latest: Oct 2026

What they do

K&L Gates is a law firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Asia and four in Australia, representing corporations, financial institutions and governments on domestic and cross-border transactions.

Deal size: Recorded deals: median A$60m, from A$193,349 to A$1.8bn
Clients: Corporates, Government and not-for-profit
Places served: AU
Team: 300 lawyers in Australia

From klgates.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /Australia

21 of 21 deals

Deals K&L Gates advised on, most recent first
									Advisers
Oct 2026	Entire Operations	–	Southern Cross Electrical Engineering	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Southern Cross Electrical Engineering (acquirer)	Announced	70.0	Engineering and construction	MA Moelis Australia (buy-side)EY (buy-side)	Southern Cross Electrical Engineering acquisition of Entire Operations
Jul 2026	World Square office assets (680 George Street and 50 Goulburn Street, Sydney CBD), 50% interest	a fund managed by Brookfield	Centuria Capital Group	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Centuria Capital Group (acquirer)	Announced	–	REITs and property funds	MinterEllison (sell-side)	Centuria Capital Group acquisition of World Square office assets (680 George Street and 50 Goulburn Street, Sydney CBD), 50% interest
Jul 2026	Centuria Capital Group	–	–	Equity raising	Legal adviser to the issuer	Announced	450.0	REITs and property funds		Centuria Capital Group equity raising
Jul 2026	100 Creek Street, Brisbane	–	Cromwell Property Group	Joint venture	Legal adviser to Cromwell Property Group (acquirer)	Announced	159.0	REITs and property funds	Mallesons (buy-side)	Cromwell Property Group acquisition of 100 Creek Street, Brisbane
Jun 2026	Siemens gas and steam turbines	Energy World Corporation	Hallador Energy Company	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Energy World Corporation (seller)	Announced	491.8	Electricity and gas networks and retail	Jefferies (sell-side)Texas Capital Bank (sell-side)	Hallador Energy Company acquisition of Siemens gas and steam turbines
Feb 2026	Eucalyptus	Blackbird Ventures	Hims & Hers Health	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Blackbird Ventures (seller)	Completed	1,751.8	Hospitals, clinics and aged care	Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)MinterEllison (buy-side)Cooley (sell-side)	Hims & Hers Health acquisition of Eucalyptus
Feb 2026	Coca-Cola Place, 40 Mount Street, North Sydney (25% freehold interest)	M&G Real Estate	Soilbuild	Stake	Legal adviser to Soilbuild (acquirer)	Completed	90.7	REITs and property funds		Soilbuild stake in Coca-Cola Place, 40 Mount Street, North Sydney (25% freehold interest)
Jan 2026	Cannatrek	–	Little Green Pharma	Scheme	Legal adviser to Cannatrek (target)	Completed	–	Biotech and pharmaceuticals	Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Canaccord Genuity (buy-side)Intrinsic Partners (sell-side)RSM (sell-side)	Little Green Pharma acquisition of Cannatrek
Dec 2025	ARC Funds	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	0.7	Asset and wealth management	Morrison Securities (issuer)	ARC Funds placement
Sep 2025	360 Capital Group	–	TT Investments	Takeover	Legal adviser to TT Investments (acquirer)	Completed	–	Asset and wealth management	Clayton Utz (sell-side)Morgans (buy-side)EY (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)	TT Investments acquisition of 360 Capital Group
Sep 2025	Fredon Industries	–	NRW Holdings	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Fredon Industries (target)	Completed	200.0	Engineering and construction	Longreach Capital (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Findex (sell-side)	NRW Holdings acquisition of Fredon Industries
Jul 2025	Elsight	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	60.0	Hardware and semiconductors	Bell Potter (lead manager)	Elsight placement
Jun 2025	humm group	–	The Abercrombie Group	Scheme	Legal adviser to humm group (target)	Announced	–	Payments and fintech	Gresham (buy-side)MinterEllison (buy-side)Flagstaff Partners (sell-side)	The Abercrombie Group acquisition of humm group
Jun 2025	Butn	–	–	Placement	Legal adviser to the issuer	Completed	10.0	Payments and fintech	Unified Capital Partners (lead manager)	Butn placement
Apr 2025	Castle Minerals	–	–	Entitlement offer	Legal adviser to the issuer	Announced	0.2	Gold and silver		Castle Minerals entitlement offer
Apr 2025	SecurePay	Australia Post	Fat Zebra	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Fat Zebra (acquirer)	Completed	–	Payments and fintech	Ad Astra Corporate Advisory (buy-side)	Fat Zebra acquisition of SecurePay
Apr 2025	CriticalArc	–	Five V Capital	Stake	Legal adviser to the shareholders of CriticalArc (target)	Announced	–	Software	Ad Astra Corporate Advisory (buy-side)Mills Oakley (buy-side)Greenberg Traurig (buy-side)PwC (buy-side)	Five V Capital stake in CriticalArc
Mar 2025	Force Fire Holdings	Anacacia Capital	Southern Cross Electrical Engineering	Acquisition	Legal adviser to Southern Cross Electrical Engineering (acquirer)	Completed	53.5	Engineering and construction	MA Moelis Australia (buy-side)EY (buy-side)Addisons (sell-side)Greenstone Partners (sell-side)HLB Mann Judd (sell-side)	Southern Cross Electrical Engineering acquisition of Force Fire Holdings
Mar 2025	Tanilba Bay Shopping Centre, New South Wales	Real Asset Management (RAM) Group of Companies	a private investment group (unnamed)	Asset sale	Legal adviser to a private investment group (unnamed) (acquirer)	Announced	23.0	REITs and property funds		a private investment group (unnamed) acquisition of Tanilba Bay Shopping Centre, New South Wales
Mar 2025	Royal Park, South Australia industrial facility	Centennial Property Group	Centuria Capital Group	Asset sale	Legal adviser to Centuria Capital Group (acquirer)	Completed	22.0	REITs and property funds		Centuria Capital Group acquisition of Royal Park, South Australia industrial facility
Feb 2025	Clean Seas Seafood	–	Yumbah Aquaculture	Scheme	Legal adviser to Yumbah Aquaculture (acquirer)	Completed	29.3	Agriculture and agribusiness	Candour Advisory (sell-side)HWLE Lawyers (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)William Buck	Yumbah Aquaculture acquisition of Clean Seas Seafood