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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | Lady Loretta mining leases and site infrastructure | Glencore AG | Austral Resources Australia | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Bell Potter (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Australian Strategic Materials | – | Energy Fuels | Scheme | Completed | 447.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | KPMG (sell-side)MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Moelis & Company (sell-side)A&O Shearman (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Dentons Canada (buy-side)Dorsey & Whitney (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Hecla Quebec | Hecla Mining Company | Orezone Gold | Acquisition | Announced | 536.2 | Gold and silver | GenCap Mining Advisory (sell-side)Cassels (sell-side)BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | PIHL Holdings | – | AUB Group | Acquisition | Announced | 432.0 | Insurance | Allens (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Juanbung and Boyong Stations landholding | – | Nari Nari Tribal Council | Asset sale | Completed | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Nine broadcast radio assets | Nine Entertainment Co. | – | Asset sale | Announced | 56.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Jefferies (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Diversified United Investment | – | Australian United Investment Company | Scheme | Withdrawn | – | Listed investment vehicles | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Independent Reserve | – | IG Group Holdings | Acquisition | Completed | 178.0 | Payments and fintech | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | QMS Media | – | Nine Entertainment Co. | Acquisition | Completed | 850.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Jefferies (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | NBN (Northern NSW) | Nine Entertainment Co. | WIN Network | Acquisition | Announced | 15.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Jefferies (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | The Automotive Group (TAG) | – | Alvia Asset Partners | Acquisition | Completed | – | Automotive | Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Five operational solar farms across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria | Lightsource bp | Aula Energy | Asset sale | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | 15 Daniel Street, Wetherill Park | – | Centennial | Asset sale | Completed | – | REITs and property funds | Arnold Bloch Leibler (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Centuria Bass Credit | – | Centuria Capital | Acquisition | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | Jones Day (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Australian Barge Hire | – | Combifloat | Acquisition | Announced | – | Transport and logistics | Holding Redlich (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | SB SPV No.1 Pty Ltd (IPSI) | – | Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) | Acquisition | Announced | – | Payments and fintech | Bird & Bird |
| Feb 2026 | Minerals 260 | – | Franco-Nevada | Stake | Announced | 50.0 | Gold and silver | Allens (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Food Odyssey | – | Genki Global Dining Concepts | Acquisition | Announced | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Baker McKenzie (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | MAAS Group Construction Materials division | MAAS Group Holdings | Heidelberg Materials Australia | Acquisition | Pending | 1,700.0 | Building materials | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Mallesons (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Eucalyptus | Blackbird Ventures | Hims & Hers Health | Acquisition | Completed | 1,751.8 | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | K&L Gates (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Cooley (sell-side)MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Freedom Pools & Spas | owners of Freedom Pools & Spas | Latham Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Home building and durables | Piper Alderman (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | management rights to Elanor Commercial Property Fund | Elanor Investors Group | LDR Capital | Acquisition | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | McCullough Robertson (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Hapana | – | Microequities | Stake | Announced | – | Software | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | NewCo (Peel Mining demerged base and precious metals holding company) | Peel Mining | – | Demerger | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Euroz Hartleys (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Southern Cross Diagnostics | – | Novacyt SA | Acquisition | Completed | – | Medical devices and technology | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Addleshaw Goddard (buy-side)Frieh, Brault & Associés (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Hanworth Battery Energy Storage System | Enervest | Octopus Australia | Asset sale | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | HoseCo Australia | – | ATOM | Acquisition | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | HWLE Lawyers (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Coca-Cola Place, 40 Mount Street, North Sydney (25% freehold interest) | M&G Real Estate | Soilbuild | Stake | Completed | 90.7 | REITs and property funds | K&L Gates (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Transport business of UGL | UGL | Sojitz | Stake | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Bell Gully (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Neara | – | TCV | Stake | Completed | – | Software | DLA Piper (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Qoria | – | Aura Consolidated Group | Scheme | Completed | 3,000.0 | Software | BDOGrant Thornton (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side)Gibson Dunn (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Azure Capital (sell-side)Stifel (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Macfarlanes (sell-side)Uria Menendez (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Ontario Gold Assets (70% of Pickle Crow Project, 100% of Sioux Lookout Project) | FireFly Metals | Bellavista Resources | Asset sale | Completed | 47.4 | Gold and silver | BMO Capital Markets (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Pickle Crow Gold Project | FireFly Metals | Bellavista Resources | Asset sale | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Pickle Crow Gold Project and exploration assets (Ontario) | FireFly Metals | Bellavista Resources | Asset sale | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | SAVI Surgical | – | Smartways Logistics | Acquisition | Completed | – | Medical devices and technology | Record Point (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Bedford Services & Advisory Limited (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) | – | The Disability Trust | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Riverside Marine Holdings | – | Bhagwan Marine | Acquisition | Completed | 130.0 | Transport and logistics | Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side)BDO (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Pepper Money | – | Challenger | Scheme | Announced | – | Banking and lending | Jefferies (sell-side)Reunion Capital Partners (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Peel Mining | – | Aeris Resources | Scheme | Completed | 214.0 | Copper and base metals | Euroz Hartleys (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)HopgoodGanim Lawyers (buy-side)Jefferies (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Sierra Atacama Copper Project | – | Cobre | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Tribeca Capital (buy-side)Baker McKenzie (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Magnetic Resources | – | Genesis Minerals | Scheme | Completed | 639.0 | Gold and silver | Jefferies (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)Canaccord Genuity (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Broadstream Advisory (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Lynham Networks | – | Superloop | Acquisition | Announced | 165.0 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Barrenjoey (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Infrawork Holdings | – | PeopleIN | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Derrimut 247 Group | – | Wes Maas | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Great Bear Copper-Gold-Silver-Uranium Project | White Cliff Minerals | HCD | Asset sale | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Tourism Portfolio | Kelsian | Journey Beyond | Acquisition | Completed | 161.0 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Gresham (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Kain Lawyers (sell-side)Jones Day (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | ClearView Wealth | – | Zurich Financial Services Australia | Scheme | Completed | – | Insurance | Greenhill (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side) |
| Feb 2026 | SDI | Jeffery James Cheetham | Beijing Guoci Kebo Technology Co. | Scheme | Completed | 166.4 | Medical devices and technology | Houlihan Lokey (sell-side)DLA Piper (sell-side)Rothschild & Co (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | JAIX Logistics Software | JAIX shareholders | Arcadea Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Software | BDO (sell-side)HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Eptec defence division | Next Capital | Arlington Capital Partners | Acquisition | Announced | 150.0 | Defence and aerospace | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side) |
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