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- 33
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- Oct 2026
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33 of 33 deals
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| Oct 2026 | Meteoric Resources | – | Lynas Rare Earths | Scheme | Legal adviser to Lynas Rare Earths (acquirer) | Announced | 968.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Barrenjoey (buy-side)BMA Advogados (buy-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)Pinheiro Neto Advogados (sell-side) | Lynas Rare Earths acquisition of Meteoric Resources |
| Oct 2026 | Glencore | – | – | Equity raising | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | – | Other mining and exploration | Glencore equity raising | |
| Sep 2026 | Agilex Biolabs | Healius | Novotech Health Holdings | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Healius (seller) | Announced | 160.0 | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | UBS (sell-side) | TPG acquisition of Agilex Biolabs |
| Sep 2026 | IDP Education | – | Blackstone Singapore | Scheme | Legal adviser to IDP Education (target) | Rejected | – | Education and childcare | Goldman Sachs (sell-side) | Blackstone acquisition of IDP Education |
| Sep 2026 | Secure Electronic Registries Victoria (SERV) | Aware Super | Macquarie Asset Management (through Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund) | Stake | Legal adviser to Macquarie Asset Management (acquirer) | Pending | – | Software | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Gresham (buy-side) | Macquarie Asset Management (through Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund) stake in Secure Electronic Registries Victoria (SERV) |
| Sep 2026 | NEXTDC | – | – | Convertible | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 1,100.0 | Data centres | Linklaters (lead manager)Allens (lead manager) | NEXTDC equity raising |
| Aug 2026 | oOh!media | – | OOH BidCo | Scheme | Legal adviser to oOh!media (target) | Announced | 1,040.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | UBS (sell-side)Grant Samuel (sell-side)White & Case (buy-side) | I Squared Capital acquisition of oOh!media |
| Aug 2026 | Maas Group's construction materials business | – | Heidelberg Materials Australia | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Heidelberg Materials (acquirer) | Completed | – | Building materials | Heidelberg Materials Australia acquisition of Maas Group's construction materials business | |
| Jul 2026 | South32 aluminium value chain assets | South32 | Alcoa | Asset sale | Legal adviser to South32 (target) | Announced | 8,131.1 | Other mining and exploration | BofA Securities (sell-side)UBS (sell-side)Flagstaff Partners (sell-side) | Alcoa acquisition of South32 aluminium value chain assets |
| Jul 2026 | Perpetual | – | Windflower | Scheme | Legal adviser to Perpetual (target) | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | BofA Securities (sell-side) | Windflower acquisition of Perpetual |
| Jul 2026 | 100 Creek Street, Brisbane | – | Cromwell Property Group | Joint venture | Legal adviser to Asia-Pacific institutional investor (unnamed) (acquirer) | Announced | 159.0 | REITs and property funds | K&L Gates (buy-side) | Cromwell Property Group acquisition of 100 Creek Street, Brisbane |
| Jun 2026 | Steadfast Group | – | Amwins Group | Scheme | Legal adviser to Steadfast Group (target) | Announced | 7,700.0 | Insurance | J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Citi (sell-side)Insight Capital Advisors (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) | Dragoneer Investment Group acquisition of Steadfast Group |
| May 2026 | Vault Minerals | – | Regis Resources | Scheme | Legal adviser to Regis Resources (acquirer) | Withdrawn | – | Gold and silver | Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Azure Capital (buy-side)RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side) | Regis Resources and Vault Minerals merger |
| Apr 2026 | oOh!media | – | Pacific Equity Partners | Scheme | Legal adviser to oOh!media (target) | Announced | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | UBS (sell-side) | Pacific Equity Partners acquisition of oOh!media |
| Apr 2026 | Atlas Arteria | – | IFM | Takeover | Legal adviser to Atlas Arteria (target) | Announced | – | Transport infrastructure | UBS (sell-side)Flagstaff Partners (sell-side)Allens (buy-side)Kroll (sell-side) | IFM acquisition of Atlas Arteria |
| Apr 2026 | New Hope Corporation | – | – | Convertible | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 300.0 | Coal | Linklaters (lead manager) | New Hope Corporation equity raising |
| Apr 2026 | NEXTDC | – | – | Entitlement offer | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 1,508.0 | Data centres | Cadence Advisory (issuer) | NEXTDC entitlement offer |
| Apr 2026 | 150 Charlotte Street, Brisbane | Australian Unity Office Fund | Fund managed by the Dexus Group | Asset sale | Tax adviser to Australian Unity Investment Real Estate (target) | Pending | 40.0 | REITs and property funds | Fund managed by the Dexus Group acquisition of 150 Charlotte Street, Brisbane | |
| Mar 2026 | Perpetual Wealth Management Group | Perpetual | Bain Capital Private Equity, LP | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Perpetual (target) | Announced | 500.0 | Asset and wealth management | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) | Bain Capital Private Equity, LP acquisition of Perpetual Wealth Management Group |
| Mar 2026 | Cue Energy Resources | Echelon Resources | Horizon Oil | Takeover | Legal adviser to Horizon Oil (acquirer) | Announced | – | Oil and gas | Azure Capital (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side) | Horizon Oil acquisition of Cue Energy Resources |
| Feb 2026 | MAAS Group Construction Materials division | MAAS Group Holdings | Heidelberg Materials Australia | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Heidelberg Materials Australia (acquirer) | Pending | 1,700.0 | Building materials | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) | Heidelberg Materials Australia acquisition of MAAS Group Construction Materials division |
| Nov 2025 | Carma | – | – | IPO | Legal adviser to the issuer | Listed | 100.0 | Automotive | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)E&P Capital (lead manager)Deloitte (issuer)Frost & Sullivan (issuer) | Carma IPO |
| Nov 2025 | Westpac RAMS mortgage portfolio | Westpac | Pepper Money Consortium | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Pepper Money (acquirer) | Completed | – | Banking and lending | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) | Pepper Money Consortium acquisition of Westpac RAMS mortgage portfolio |
| Oct 2025 | St Barbara | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 58.0 | Gold and silver | Argonaut (lead manager)Gilbert + Tobin (issuer) | St Barbara placement |
| Aug 2025 | Carlisle Health | securityholders of Carlisle Health | Quadrant Private Equity | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Quadrant Private Equity (acquirer) | Announced | 200.0 | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Allier Capital (sell-side)Jones Day (sell-side)Piper Alderman (sell-side)Stanton Road Partners (buy-side)PwC (buy-side) | Quadrant Private Equity acquisition of Carlisle Health |
| Jul 2025 | Plena Healthcare | Zenitas Healthcare | Australian Unity | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Australian Unity (acquirer) | Completed | 70.0 | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Record Point (sell-side)Greenhill (buy-side) | Australian Unity acquisition of Plena Healthcare |
| Jul 2025 | Reef Casino Trust | Accor | Iris Cairns Property | Takeover | Legal adviser to Accor (seller) | Announced | 192.7 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Morgans (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) | Iris Cairns Property acquisition of Reef Casino Trust |
| Jun 2025 | Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company | – | TopCo (newly established ASX-listed company) | Scheme | Legal adviser to Brickworks (target) | Completed | 14,000.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Pitt Capital Partners (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Citi (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side) | Brickworks and Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company merger |
| May 2025 | Envirosuite | – | Ideagen | Scheme | Legal adviser to Envirosuite (target) | Completed | 132.2 | Software | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side) | HgCapital LLP acquisition of Envirosuite |
| Apr 2025 | Abacus Storage King | – | Ki Corporation | Scheme | Legal adviser to Abacus Storage King (target) | Announced | – | REITs and property funds | Macquarie Capital (sell-side) | Ki acquisition of Abacus Storage King |
| Feb 2025 | Atlantic Gold Operations | St Barbara | – | Acquisition | Legal adviser to St Barbara (seller) | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Macquarie Capital (sell-side) | Acquisition of Atlantic Gold Operations |
| Jan 2025 | Insignia Financial | – | Bain Capital | Scheme | Legal adviser to Insignia Financial (target) | Withdrawn | – | Asset and wealth management | Citi (sell-side)Gresham (sell-side) | Bain Capital acquisition of Insignia Financial |
| Jan 2025 | Insignia | – | CC Capital | Scheme | Legal adviser to Insignia Financial (target) | Completed | 3,900.0 | Asset and wealth management | Citi (sell-side)Gresham (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Weil, Gotshal & Manges (buy-side) | CC Capital Partners acquisition of Insignia |
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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
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Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
Repeat clients
- Insignia Financial2 deals
- NEXTDC2 deals
- oOh!media2 deals
- Perpetual2 deals
- St Barbara2 deals
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| M&A legal advisers | #4 (14) | #6 (8) |
| M&A legal advisers, completed | #6 (2) | #5 (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.
People on these deals
All 25 people →- Adrian Perkins 1 deal
- Andy Ferris 1 deal
- Anne-Marie Neagle 1 deal
- Bella Kidman 1 deal
- Caroline Coops 1 deal
- Dale Rayner 1 deal
- Dan Natale 1 deal
- David Friedlander 1 deal
- David Wood 1 deal
- Jack Hill 1 deal
- Jaspreet Nagra 1 deal
- Jim Zovaro 1 deal
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