What they do
Lonergan Edwards & Associates is a specialist valuation firm that provides valuation advice and independent expert reports, primarily for public listed company transactions, litigation, and regulatory and tax disputes. It also advises owners of small to medium privately run businesses on sales and purchases.
- Services
- Independent expert reports, Valuations, Sell-side M&A, Buy-side M&A
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$337m, from A$145m to A$14bn
- Clients
- Business owners and founders, Listed companies
From lonerganedwards.com.au, checked 7 Nov 2026: /about-us/, /independent-expert-reports/, /general-specialised-valuations/, /sme-ma-advisory/, /services/
Deals
Columns
9 of 9 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | Ausgold | – | OceanaGold | Scheme | Independent expert to Ausgold (target) | Announced | 776.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)SCP Resource Finance (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (sell-side)MinVal (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) | OceanaGold acquisition of Ausgold |
| Jun 2026 | Euroz Hartleys Capital Markets business | Euroz Hartleys Group | BMO Financial Group | Acquisition | Independent expert to Euroz Hartleys Group (seller) | Announced | 145.0 | Asset and wealth management | Grant Samuel (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side) | BMO Financial Group acquisition of Euroz Hartleys Capital Markets business |
| May 2026 | Far East Gold | – | Xingye Gold (Hong Kong) Mining Company | Takeover | Independent expert to Far East Gold (target) | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side) | Xingye Gold (Hong Kong) Mining Company acquisition of Far East Gold |
| Sep 2025 | Seven West Media | – | Southern Cross Media Group | Scheme | Independent expert 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)KPMG (sell-side) | Southern Cross Media Group and Seven West Media merger |
| Jul 2025 | Reef Casino Trust | Accor | Iris Cairns Property | Takeover | Independent expert to Reef Casino Trust (target) | Announced | 192.7 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Morgans (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Mallesons (sell-side) | Iris Cairns Property acquisition of Reef Casino Trust |
| Jun 2025 | Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company | – | TopCo (newly established ASX-listed company) | Scheme | Independent expert to Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company (target) | Completed | 14,000.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Pitt Capital Partners (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Citi (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)EY (sell-side) | Brickworks and Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company merger |
| Apr 2025 | Ainsworth Game Technology | – | Novomatic AG | Scheme | Independent expert to Ainsworth Game Technology (target) | Withdrawn | 336.5 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Clayton Utz (sell-side) | Novomatic AG acquisition of Ainsworth Game Technology |
| Apr 2025 | Bigtincan Holdings | – | Vector Capital Management, L.P. | Scheme | Independent expert to Bigtincan Holdings (target) | Completed | 183.0 | Software | Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side)Sidley Austin (buy-side) | Vector Capital Management, L.P. acquisition of Bigtincan Holdings |
| Apr 2025 | Energy Resources of Australia | – | North | Acquisition | Independent expert to Energy Resources of Australia (target) | Announced | – | Uranium | North acquisition of Energy Resources of Australia |
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
- Johnson Winter Slattery
2 dealsCompare - Corrs Chambers Westgarth2 dealsCompare
- Sidley Austin
1 dealCompare - Gilbert + Tobin1 dealCompare
- UBS1 dealCompare
- Kroll
1 dealCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Independent experts | #4 (2) | #3 (4) |
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
- lonerganedwards.com.au ↗
- Phone
- [61 2] 8235 7500
- Enquiries
- Contact page ↗
From the firm's own website.
Offices
- SydneyHead office Level 7, 64 Castlereagh Street, NSW 2000 [61 2] 8235 7500 Office page ↗