Australian M&A and equity raisings
1,881 deals since January 2025, each with its advisers and sources · as at 8 Nov 2026 · Venture rounds
881 deals · A$461bndisclosed · Clear
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| Date | Target | Vendor | Acquirer | Type | Status | Value A$m | Sector | Advisers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2024 | School Bytes | – | Compass Education | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | KPMG (sell-side) |
| Oct 2024 | Mako Gold | – | Aurum Resources | Takeover | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| Nov 2024 | AVJennings | – | PM Nominees C | Scheme | Completed | 365.0 | Property development and services | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Randlab Group | – | Animalcare Group | Acquisition | Completed | 120.0 | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | Squire Patton Boggs (buy-side)Pitcher Partners (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Resolution Life | Resolution Life’s investment limited partnership | Nippon Life | Acquisition | Completed | – | Insurance | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Billson's alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage brands | Billson's Beverages | The Coca-Cola Company | Asset sale | Completed | – | Food and beverage | MinterEllison (sell-side)Addisons (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | De Grey Mining | – | Northern Star Resources | Scheme | Completed | – | Gold and silver | KPMG (sell-side)Azure Capital (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side) |
| Dec 2024 | SG Fleet Group | – | Westmann Bidco | Scheme | Completed | – | Business and professional services | BofA Securities (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Applejack Group | Ben Carroll | Compass Group Australia | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Mills Oakley (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | AuCyber | – | 5G Networks | Takeover | Withdrawn | – | IT services | Baker McKenzie (sell-side)Latimer Partners (sell-side)Morgans (buy-side) |
| Dec 2024 | Maximus Resources | Beacon Minerals | Astral Resources | Takeover | Completed | 31.0 | Gold and silver | EMK Lawyers (sell-side)Taylor Collison (buy-side)Thomsons (buy-side) |
| 2025 | Fonterra global consumer and associated businesses | Fonterra Co-operative Group | Lactalis | Acquisition | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Jarden (sell-side)Russell McVeagh (sell-side)Craigs Investment Partners (sell-side)J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Sudath Perera Associates (sell-side) |
| 2025 | Vingroup | SK Group | – | Stake | Completed | – | Property development and services | Allens (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Mitsubishi Electric Mobility | – | – | Acquisition | Announced | – | Automotive | Lazard |
| Jan 2025 | ZEN Energy | – | – | Joint venture | Announced | – | Renewable energy and storage | Allens |
| Jan 2025 | Lendlease UK construction business | Lendlease | Atlas Holdings | Acquisition | Completed | 138.3 | Engineering and construction | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Connexa | Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) | Stake | Completed | – | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Allens (buy-side)Russell McVeagh (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Prime Ecosystem | – | CoreLogic | Acquisition | Announced | – | Software | Blackpeak Capital (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Quickstep Holdings | – | ASDAM | Scheme | Completed | 41.2 | Defence and aerospace | Miles Advisory Partners (sell-side)Maddocks (sell-side)Deloitte (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Westpoint Shopping Centre | Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) | Haben | Asset sale | Completed | 900.0 | REITs and property funds | Allens (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Splend Group | – | IFM Investors | Stake | Announced | – | Transport and logistics | Grant Samuel (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | IFM Investors | – | – | Scheme | Completed | – | Asset and wealth management | Gilbert + Tobin |
| Jan 2025 | JET Charge | – | Mirova | Stake | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Tasmanian Bakeries business | National Pies | Patties Foods | Asset sale | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Maddocks (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | EMM Consulting | – | Quadrant's Strategic Equity Fund | Stake | Completed | – | Waste and environmental services | Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | E3 Advisory | – | Ricardo Group | Acquisition | Completed | 101.4 | Business and professional services | McCullough Robertson (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Dennis Family Homes | – | Simonds | Acquisition | Completed | – | Home building and durables | Grant Samuel (sell-side)Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Patriot Battery Metals | – | Volkswagen | Stake | Completed | 74.7 | Lithium and battery metals | Allens (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side)DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | CMP Consulting Group | – | Vysarn | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Maddocks (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Insignia | – | CC Capital | Scheme | Completed | 3,900.0 | Asset and wealth management | Citi (sell-side)Gresham (sell-side)Mallesons (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) |
| Jan 2025 | Insignia Financial | – | Bain Capital | Scheme | Withdrawn | – | Asset and wealth management | Citi (sell-side)Gresham (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Amcor | – | – | Merger | Announced | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | Goldman Sachs (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Bullabulling Gold Project | Norton Gold Fields | Minerals 260 | Acquisition | Completed | 166.5 | Gold and silver | HFW (sell-side)Greenhill (buy-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Flintfox International | – | Enable Global | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | MinterEllisonRuddWatts (sell-side)Tooronga Advisory (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Western Australian freight rail network (operated by Arc Infrastructure) | – | Western Australian Government | Acquisition | Rumoured | – | Transport infrastructure | Ad Astra Corporate Advisory (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Red Hawk Mining | – | Fortescue | Takeover | Completed | 254.0 | Iron ore and steel | BDO (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Peloton Legal (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)Thomsons (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Dropsuite | – | NinjaOne | Scheme | Completed | 420.0 | Software | Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)Goodwin (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Aston Minerals | – | Torque Metals | Scheme | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)Allion Partners (buy-side) |
| Jan 2025 | Compass Education | – | – | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)L.E.K. Consulting (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)EY (sell-side)RBC Capital Markets (sell-side) |
| Jan 2025 | ImaginAb therapeutic candidates, biologics technology platform and research facility | ImaginAb | Telix Pharmaceuticals | Asset sale | Completed | 67.3 | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | Jefferies (sell-side)Stifel (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Australian Soil Management | – | – | Acquisition | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Hamilton LockeOxley Capital Partners |
| Feb 2025 | Tasmania JackJumpers | LK Group | Altor Capital | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Allens (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Redcat | Redcat shareholders | Armitage Associates | Stake | Completed | – | Software | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Oxford European industrial and logistics portfolio and M7 Real Estate | Oxford Properties | AustralianSuper | Joint venture | Announced | – | REITs and property funds | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | KOBE | KOBE Group Holdings | Intelligent Monitoring Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Jones Day (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Orora Australian and New Zealand wine closures business | Orora | Interpack | Asset sale | Completed | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | Flagstaff PartnersHamilton Locke (sell-side)Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Rhodes Ridge Iron Ore Project | VOC Group | Mitsui & Co | Stake | Completed | 4,785.4 | Iron ore and steel | Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Industry Super Holdings | – | Nest | Stake | Completed | – | Asset and wealth management | Travers Smith (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Limestone Coast North Energy Park | – | Palisade Investment Partners | Acquisition | Announced | – | Renewable energy and storage | Kidder Williams (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Limestone Coast North Energy Park BESS | Pacific Green | Intera Renewables | Asset sale | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | Allens (sell-side) |
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