New Zealand M&A legal advisers: completed deals
2026 to date · New Zealand M&A completed to 10 Nov 2026 · 11 deals · NZ$4.7bn disclosed
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| Oct 2026 | Eagers Automotive New Zealand franchised dealership business | Eagers Automotive | Armstrong’s Motor Group | Asset sale | – | Completed | – | Harmos Horton Lusk (buy-side) | Armstrong’s Motor Group acquisition of Eagers Automotive New Zealand franchised dealership business | |
| Jul 2026 | Dawn Aerospace | – | Balerion Space Ventures | Stake | – | Completed | – | Bell Gully (buy-side) | Balerion Space Ventures stake in Dawn Aerospace | |
| Jul 2026 | Nexus Logistics | Port of Auckland | Qube Holdings | Acquisition | – | Completed | – | Simpson Grierson (buy-side) | Qube Holdings acquisition of Nexus Logistics | |
| May 2026 | Dassault Falcon 50EX corporate jet | New Zealand-based vendor (unnamed) | United States purchaser (unnamed) | Asset sale | – | Completed | – | Hesketh Henry (sell-side) | United States purchaser (unnamed) acquisition of Dassault Falcon 50EX corporate jet | |
| May 2026 | Rakon | – | Bourns | Takeover | 360.0 | Completed | – | Bell Gully (sell-side)Simpson Grierson (buy-side) | Bourns acquisition of Rakon | |
| May 2026 | Accordant Group | – | S A Hull Family Trust No 2 | Stake | – | Completed | – | MinterEllisonRuddWatts (sell-side) | S A Hull Family Trust No 2 stake in Accordant Group | |
| Apr 2026 | Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand) | Retail International Holding S.A.S. (Worldline) | Cuscal | Acquisition | 32.9 | Completed | Payments and fintech | Russell McVeagh (sell-side)Bell Gully (buy-side) | Cuscal acquisition of Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand) | |
| Apr 2026 | King Country Energy | King Country Trust | Contact Energy | Stake | – | Completed | – | Simpson Grierson (sell-side) | Contact Energy stake in King Country Energy | |
| Mar 2026 | Fonterra’s consumer and associated businesses | Fonterra Co-operative Group | Lactalis | Acquisition | 4,220.0 | Completed | Food and beverage | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Russell McVeagh (sell-side)Sudath Perera Associates (sell-side)Allens (buy-side)Freshfields (buy-side)Bell Gully (buy-side) | Lactalis acquisition of Fonterra’s consumer and associated businesses | |
| Mar 2026 | AS Colour | Direct Capital | Quadrant | Stake | – | Completed | Consumer brands and apparel | Simpson GriersonHarmos Horton Lusk (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) | Quadrant Private Equity stake in AS Colour | |
| Feb 2026 | Infrawork Group | – | PeopleIN | Acquisition | 56.0 | Completed | – | DLA Piper (buy-side) | PeopleIN acquisition of Infrawork Group |
7 deals have no disclosed value. 2025 YTD rank is the firm's place in the same period a year earlier, under the same filters. Methodology