Accounting firm · Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Geelong, Townsville, Wollongong
KPMG
- Deals
- 28
- M&A
- 23
- IPOs
- 5
- Latest
- Jul 2026
What they do
KPMG Australia is an audit, tax and consulting firm whose Deal Advisory team covers transaction services, mergers and acquisitions, debt advisory, valuations and turnaround and restructuring.
- Services
- Sell-side M&A, Buy-side M&A, Private capital raising, Debt advice, Valuations, Restructuring and insolvency, Financial due diligence, Commercial and operational due diligence
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$330m, from A$63m to A$12bn
- Clients
- Private equity
- Network
- KPMG International
From kpmg.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /au/en/services/deal-advisory.html
Deals
Columns
28 of 28 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Orikan | Five V Capital | EQT Group | Acquisition | Supporting Orikan Group with the transaction to Orikan Group (target) | Announced | – | Software | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Deutsche Bank (sell-side)PwC (sell-side) | EQT Group acquisition of Orikan |
| Jul 2026 | FDC Consolidated Holdings | – | – | IPO | Tax adviser and served as advisors to the issuer | Listed | 400.0 | Engineering and construction | UBS (lead manager)MA Moelis Australia (lead manager)Ord Minnett (lead manager)Allens (issuer)Deloitte (issuer)Oxford Economics Australia (issuer)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (lead manager)Moelis & Company (lead manager) | FDC Consolidated Holdings IPO |
| Jun 2026 | Raging Waters Sydney | Shareholders of Raging Waters Sydney | Jamberoo Action Park | Acquisition | Financial and tax adviser to Jamberoo Action Park (acquirer) | Announced | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Mills Oakley (buy-side)PDC Law (buy-side)Dentons Canada (sell-side) | Jamberoo Action Park acquisition of Raging Waters Sydney |
| May 2026 | FVS Services Group | shareholders of FVS Services Group | Fortitude Investment Partners | Acquisition | Provided financial and tax transactional support | Announced | – | Business and professional services | HopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side) | Fortitude Investment Partners acquisition of FVS Services Group |
| May 2026 | SkinKandy | SaleCo | – | IPO | Investigating accountant and tax adviser to the issuer | Listed | 160.0 | Household and personal products | Highbury Partnership (issuer)Barrenjoey (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Gilbert + Tobin (issuer)LegalVision (issuer)Wynn Williams (issuer)Frost & Sullivan (issuer) | SkinKandy IPO |
| Mar 2026 | Paramount Liquor group | – | Mercury Capital | Stake | Tax adviser to Paramount Liquor (target) | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Mills Oakley (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Deloitte (buy-side) | Mercury Capital stake in Paramount Liquor group |
| Mar 2026 | The Koala Company | – | – | IPO | Investigating accountant and tax adviser to the issuer | Listed | 68.1 | Home building and durables | Barrenjoey (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Highbury Partnership (issuer)Gilbert + Tobin (issuer) | The Koala Company IPO |
| Jan 2026 | Australian Strategic Materials | – | Energy Fuels | Scheme | Investigating accountant to Australian Strategic Materials (target) | 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)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Dentons Canada (buy-side)Dorsey & Whitney (buy-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side) | Energy Fuels acquisition of Australian Strategic Materials |
| Jan 2026 | Ektimo | – | Pemba Capital | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Ektimo (target) | Completed | – | Waste and environmental services | Pemba Capital acquisition of Ektimo | |
| Dec 2025 | Wengfu Australia | Wengfu Group | Fertiglobe | Asset sale | Financial adviser to Wengfu Group (seller) | Completed | – | Chemicals and fertilisers | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) | Fertiglobe acquisition of Wengfu Australia |
| Nov 2025 | Epiminder | – | – | IPO | Tax adviser to the issuer | Listed | 125.0 | Medical devices and technology | E&P Capital (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)CommSec (lead manager)Flagstaff Partners (issuer)Arnold Bloch Leibler (issuer)FB Rice (issuer)MVAB Corporate Advisers (issuer)Frost & Sullivan (issuer) | Epiminder IPO |
| Nov 2025 | Qube Holdings | UniSuper | Macquarie Asset Management | Scheme | Tax adviser to Qube Holdings (target) | Completed | 11,700.0 | Transport and logistics | Grant Samuel (sell-side)UBS (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) | Macquarie Asset Management acquisition of Qube Holdings |
| Sep 2025 | Seven West Media | – | Southern Cross Media Group | Scheme | Investigating accountant to Seven West Media (target) | Completed | 417.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)UBS (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Kroll (buy-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side) | Southern Cross Media Group and Seven West Media merger |
| Sep 2025 | Envirolab Group | Envirolab shareholders | Intertek Group | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Envirolab (target); Commercial, legal, and financial expertise to Shareholders of Envirolab (target) | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side) | Intertek Group acquisition of Envirolab Group |
| Aug 2025 | Lynch Group Holdings | – | Darwin Aus Bidco | Scheme | Independent expert to Lynch Group Holdings (target) | Completed | 270.0 | Agriculture and agribusiness | Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Stanton Road Partners (sell-side) | Darwin Aus acquisition of Lynch Group Holdings |
| Aug 2025 | Nexon Asia Pacific | EQT | Adamantem Capital | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Adamantem (acquirer) | Pending | – | IT services | Johnson Winter Slattery (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Houlihan Lokey (sell-side) | Adamantem Capital acquisition of Nexon Asia Pacific |
| Jul 2025 | Transhipment Services Australia | – | Asian Bulk Logistics | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Asian Bulk Logistics (acquirer) | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Asian Bulk Logistics acquisition of Transhipment Services Australia | |
| Jun 2025 | Killard | the Founder of the Killard Group | Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Killard (target) | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | Mills Oakley (sell-side)AZB & Partners (buy-side) | Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt acquisition of Killard |
| May 2025 | Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) | – | Hutchison Telecommunications (Amsterdam) | Takeover | Independent expert to Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) (target) | Completed | 434.3 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Allens (buy-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) | Hutchison Telecommunications (Amsterdam) acquisition of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) |
| Apr 2025 | Questas Group | Allegro Funds | Five V Capital | Acquisition | Our advisors to Five V Capital (acquirer) | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)UBS (sell-side)EY (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Miles Advisory Partners (buy-side)Skye Capital Advisory (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Zenith Strategy Associates (buy-side)ERM (buy-side)Unified Commerce (buy-side) | Five V Capital acquisition of Questas Group |
| Mar 2025 | MA Credit Income Trust | – | – | IPO | Investigating accountant 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)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (issuer)Bell Gully (issuer) | MA Credit Income Trust IPO |
| Feb 2025 | RPM Advisory Services | RPMGlobal Holdings | SLR Consulting Australia | Acquisition | Advised SLR to SLR Consulting Australia (acquirer) | Announced | 63.0 | Mining services and equipment | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)DLA Piper (buy-side) | SLR Consulting Australia acquisition of RPM Advisory Services |
| Jan 2025 | Compass Education | – | – | Acquisition | Advisors to Advent to Advent Partners (target) | Completed | – | Software | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)L.E.K. Consulting (sell-side)EY (sell-side)RBC Capital Markets (sell-side) | Acquisition of Compass Education |
| Dec 2024 | De Grey Mining | – | Northern Star Resources | Scheme | Independent expert to De Grey Mining (target) | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Azure Capital (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side) | Northern Star Resources acquisition of De Grey Mining |
| Sep 2024 | School Bytes | – | Compass Education | Acquisition | Financial adviser to School Bytes (target) | Completed | – | Software | Compass Education acquisition of School Bytes | |
| – | Downs Nursing Agency | – | ARA Group | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Downs Nursing Agency (target) | Announced | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | ARA Group acquisition of Downs Nursing Agency | |
| – | Northpharm | – | Fortitude | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Northpharm (target) | Announced | – | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | Fortitude acquisition of Northpharm | |
| – | Kinross Farms | – | Pace Farm | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Kinross Farms (target) | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Pace Farm acquisition of Kinross Farms |
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.
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League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Independent experts | – | #8 (2) |
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
Contact
- Website
- kpmg.com/au/en.html ↗
- Enquiries
- Contact page ↗
- Company page ↗
From the firm's own website.
Offices
- Adelaide 151 Pirie Street, SA 5000 +61 8 8236 3111 Office page ↗
- Brisbane Level 11, Heritage Lanes, 80 Ann Street, QLD 4000 +61 7 3233 3111 Office page ↗
- Canberra Level 9, Constitution Place, 1 Constitution Avenue, ACT 2601 +61 2 6248 1111 Office page ↗
- Darwin 18 Smith Street, NT 0800 +61 8 8982 9000 Office page ↗
- Geelong 60 Moorabool Street, VIC 3220 +61 3 4242 2100 Office page ↗
- Gold Coast Level 11, Corporate Centre One, Corner Bundall Road and Slatyer Avenue, Bundall, QLD 4217 +61 7 5577 7555 Office page ↗
- Hobart Level 3, 100 Melville Street, TAS 7000 +61 3 6230 4000 Office page ↗
- Melbourne Tower Two, Collins Square, 727 Collins Street, VIC 3008 +61 3 9288 5555 Office page ↗
- Newcastle Level 3, 18 Honeysuckle Drive, NSW 2300 +61 2 4928 7200 Office page ↗
- Parramatta Level 16, 3 Parramatta Square, 153 Macquarie Street, NSW 2150 +61 2 8841 2100 Office page ↗
- Perth 235 St. Georges Terrace, WA 6000 +61 8 9263 7171 Office page ↗
- Sydney Level 38, Tower Three, International Towers Sydney, 300 Barangaroo Avenue, NSW 2000 +61 2 9335 7000 Office page ↗
- Townsville Level 10, 61-73 Sturt Street, QLD 4810 +61 7 4431 1900 Office page ↗
- Wollongong Level 7, 77 Market Street, NSW 2500 +61 2 4229 2633 Office page ↗