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Mills Oakley
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- 23
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- Latest
- Oct 2026
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| Oct 2026 | RAS Technology Holdings | – | The Press Association | Scheme | Legal adviser to The Press Association (acquirer) | Announced | 45.6 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Canterbury Partners (sell-side)Gadens (sell-side)Latimer Partners (buy-side) | The Press Association acquisition of RAS Technology Holdings |
| Aug 2026 | The Ivy Collection | Richard Caring | DIAFA (an entity controlled by DIAFA, an affiliate of International Holding Company) | Acquisition | Legal adviser to a founding minority shareholder and management (target) | Announced | 2,677.3 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Norton Rose Fulbright (buy-side)BCLPPaul, WeissBedell Cristin | DIAFA (an entity controlled by DIAFA, an affiliate of International Holding Company) acquisition of The Ivy Collection |
| Jul 2026 | Cloudstaff Holdings | Navegar II (Singapore) | Engelmann Capital | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Exiting Sellers, led by Navegar II (Singapore) (target) | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Lawson Jepps & Co. (sell-side)William BlairBDO (sell-side) | Engelmann Capital acquisition of Cloudstaff Holdings |
| Jul 2026 | Ramler International | – | Southern Aluminum | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Southern Aluminum (acquirer) | Announced | – | Building materials | Alvarez & Marsal (buy-side)Forvis Mazars (South Africa) (buy-side) | Saw Mill Capital acquisition of Ramler International |
| Jul 2026 | Southern Cross Farms | PKF | Willowstone Farms | Asset sale | Legal adviser to PKF (seller) | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Colliers (sell-side)Equion Capital (buy-side)Thomsons (buy-side) | Willowstone Farms acquisition of Southern Cross Farms |
| Jun 2026 | Raging Waters Sydney | Shareholders of Raging Waters Sydney | Jamberoo Action Park | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Jamberoo Action Park (acquirer) | Announced | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | PDC Law (buy-side)Dentons Canada (sell-side)KPMG (buy-side) | Jamberoo Action Park acquisition of Raging Waters Sydney |
| Jun 2026 | Cottesloe Boatshed Market | – | Joe Stevens | Acquisition | Legal adviser to the sellers of the Cottesloe Boatshed Market (target) | Announced | – | Supermarkets and food retail | Squire Patton Boggs (buy-side)RSM (buy-side) | Joe Stevens acquisition of Cottesloe Boatshed Market |
| Mar 2026 | Arrow Funds Management | – | Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) | Acquisition | Legal adviser to the owners of Arrow Funds Management (target) | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) acquisition of Arrow Funds Management | |
| Mar 2026 | Paramount Liquor group | – | Mercury Capital | Stake | Legal adviser to Paramount Liquor (target) | Completed | – | Food and beverage | KPMG (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Deloitte (buy-side) | Mercury Capital stake in Paramount Liquor group |
| Dec 2025 | IND Technology | – | Energy Impact Partners | Stake | Legal adviser to Energy Impact Partners (acquirer) | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt (buy-side)DLA Piper (sell-side)Ord Minnett (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) | Energy Impact Partners stake in IND Technology |
| Oct 2025 | Sekuro | – | Insight Enterprises | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Sekuro (target) | Completed | – | IT services | Baker McKenzie (buy-side)Equiteq (sell-side) | Insight Enterprises acquisition of Sekuro |
| Oct 2025 | NewPsych Psychologists | Founders of NewPsych Psychologists | Partnered Health | Acquisition | Legal adviser to the Founders of NewPsych Psychologists (target) | Announced | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Partnered Health acquisition of NewPsych Psychologists | |
| Aug 2025 | Core Lithium | – | – | Placement | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | 50.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Argonaut (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | Core Lithium placement |
| Aug 2025 | Core Lithium | – | – | Share purchase plan | Legal adviser to the issuer | Completed | – | Lithium and battery metals | Core Lithium share purchase plan | |
| Aug 2025 | BE Campbell | – | Allegro Funds | Acquisition | Legal adviser to BE Campbell (target) | Announced | – | Food and beverage | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)EY (buy-side)Skye Capital Advisory (buy-side)GreenMount (buy-side)Miles Advisory Partners (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side) | Allegro Funds acquisition of BE Campbell |
| Jul 2025 | Bluechiip Limited (ASX:BCT) and its US-based subsidiary, the Bluechiip Group | – | Cryonix | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Cryonix (acquirer) | Announced | – | Medical devices and technology | Moray & Agnew (sell-side) | Cryonix acquisition of Bluechiip Limited (ASX:BCT) and its US-based subsidiary, the Bluechiip Group |
| Jul 2025 | 1300TempFence | Martin and Bruce Fouracre | Straight Bat Private Equity | Stake | Legal adviser to Straight Bat Private Equity (acquirer) | Announced | – | Business and professional services | BDO (buy-side) | Straight Bat Private Equity stake in 1300TempFence |
| Jun 2025 | Killard | the Founder of the Killard Group | Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt | Acquisition | Legal adviser to the Founder of the Killard Group (seller) | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | KPMG (sell-side)AZB & Partners (buy-side) | Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt acquisition of Killard |
| May 2025 | foundU | – | Citation Group | Takeover | Legal adviser to foundU Holdings (target) | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Blackpeak Capital (sell-side)HWLE Lawyers (buy-side) | Hg acquisition of foundU |
| Apr 2025 | TMLabs | – | Coforge Technologies Australia | Acquisition | Legal adviser to TMLabs (target) | Completed | – | IT services | Coforge Technologies Australia acquisition of TMLabs | |
| Apr 2025 | CriticalArc | – | Five V Capital | Stake | Legal adviser to Five V (acquirer) | Announced | – | Software | Ad Astra Corporate Advisory (buy-side)Greenberg Traurig (buy-side)PwC (buy-side)K&L Gates (sell-side) | Five V Capital stake in CriticalArc |
| Feb 2025 | Steve Madden brand in Australia (certain assets of Signal Brands) | Signal Brands | Steven Madden | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Steven Madden (acquirer) | Announced | – | Consumer brands and apparel | Steven Madden acquisition of Steve Madden brand in Australia (certain assets of Signal Brands) | |
| Dec 2024 | Applejack Group | Ben Carroll | Compass Group Australia | Acquisition | Legal adviser to Ben Carroll and Hamish Watts (founders of Applejack Group) (seller) | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) | Compass Group Australia acquisition of Applejack Group |
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- Core Lithium2 deals
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