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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Doohly | – | Canva | Acquisition | Completed | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Arrow Funds Management | – | Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) | Acquisition | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | Mills Oakley (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Madura Plains Station | CC Cooper & Co | Consolidated Pastoral Company | Asset sale | Completed | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Piper Alderman (sell-side)McCullough Robertson (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Richard Jay | Shareholders of Richard Jay | Fortitude Investment Partners | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Clayton Utz (sell-side)BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | PlasmaLeap Technologies | – | Gates Foundation | Stake | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Master Instruments | – | KSB Sustainable Investments | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | HBRE Gia Lai Wind Power Joint Stock Company | – | Levana Renewables (Levanta) | Acquisition | Announced | – | Renewable energy and storage | Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Paramount Liquor group | – | Mercury Capital | Stake | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Mills Oakley (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Deloitte (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Critical minerals royalty portfolio (Western Australia) | RCF Management | Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board | Asset sale | Completed | – | Lithium and battery metals | Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | TenPeaks | Spark New Zealand | Pacific Equity Partners | Acquisition | Announced | – | Data centres | |
| Mar 2026 | Opal Healthcare | – | Pacific Equity Partners | Stake | Completed | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | ModnPods | – | Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) | Stake | Completed | – | Home building and durables | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Stornoway | – | Sonic Civil Investments | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Prime commercial property in Toorak | – | Spotlight | Asset sale | Completed | – | REITs and property funds | Arnold Bloch Leibler (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Aura Holdings | – | Stonepeak | Stake | Completed | – | Property development and services | Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Guardhouse | – | Sundance Growth Management | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | BMM Group | – | The Visualize Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Addisons (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | BrewDog Brewing Australia | – | Tilray Australia New Zealand | Acquisition | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Valiant Gold | Westgold Resources | – | Demerger | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Enviropacific Services | – | Veolia | Acquisition | Completed | 200.0 | Waste and environmental services | Stanton Road Partners (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Collingwood Children’s Farm | – | – | Merger | Completed | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | HWLE Lawyers |
| Mar 2026 | Arcadia Consolidated Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries | – | Whiteoak Growth Fund II LP | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Infinite Care | MA Financial Group | Anglicare Sydney | Acquisition | Pending | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)Allens (buy-side)Canterbury Partners (buy-side)Russell Kennedy (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Cue Energy Resources | Echelon Resources | Horizon Oil | Takeover | Announced | – | Oil and gas | Azure Capital (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Mallesons (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Sintoukola Potash SA | Etablissements MGM | Kore Potash | Stake | Announced | 1.5 | Other mining and exploration | SP Angel (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Barrenjoey Capital Partners | Barclays | Magellan Financial Group | Stake | Announced | 1,616.0 | Banking and lending | Gresham |
| Mar 2026 | EAU Lithium | – | Cosmos Exploration | Acquisition | Completed | – | Lithium and battery metals | Affinity Capital Partners (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Railtrain Holdings | Entities associated with Chris Chalwell, Brendan Williams, Andrew McCutcheon and Graham Butler | GenusPlus Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Emmerson Resources | – | Pan African Resources | Scheme | Completed | 300.0 | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side)Treadstone Resource Partners (sell-side)SRK Consulting (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Perpetual Wealth Management Group | Perpetual | Bain Capital Private Equity, LP | Acquisition | Announced | 500.0 | Asset and wealth management | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Shark (BVI) | Perseus Mining | Hong Kong Matrix Golden Fortune Mining | Acquisition | Announced | 396.1 | Gold and silver | Cutfield Freeman & Co (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side)Admiralty Harbour Capital (buy-side)Zhong Lun Law Firm (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Catalyst Cyber | – | Infotrust | Acquisition | Pending | – | IT services | Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Allgas | APA Group | Stonepeak | Acquisition | Completed | – | Electricity and gas networks and retail | Gresham (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Georgian | – | Navigator Global Investments | Stake | Completed | 142.5 | Asset and wealth management | Goldman Sachs (sell-side)Weil, Gotshal & Manges (sell-side)Kirkland & Ellis (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | ABA Biologicals Pty Ltd (AgBiTech) | – | BASF SE | Acquisition | Completed | – | Chemicals and fertilisers | DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Oracle Group | – | Count | Acquisition | Completed | 65.6 | Asset and wealth management | E&P Capital (buy-side)Baker McKenzie (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Sumitomo Metal Mining Oceania | – | – | Joint venture | Announced | – | Gold and silver | MinterEllison |
| Apr 2026 | International Insurance Brokers | – | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co | Acquisition | Announced | – | Insurance | MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Klaar | – | Brosnan Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Education and childcare | BDO (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Ortto | – | Canva | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | Allens (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Simtheory | – | Canva | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | Allens (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Renewable Metals | – | Clean Energy Finance | Stake | Announced | – | Waste and environmental services | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Apr 2026 | FTP Solutions | FTP Solutions shareholders | Five V Capital | Stake | Pending | – | Software | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side)PwC (buy-side)Arnold Bloch Leibler (buy-side)CTO Labs (buy-side)EY (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Steadfast Re broking business | – | Gallagher Reinsurance Australia | Asset sale | Completed | – | Insurance | MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Arafura Rare Earths | – | Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) | Stake | Pending | 82.6 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Summerfield Battery Energy Storage System | – | Palisade Investment Partners | Asset sale | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Twine | – | SafetyCulture | Acquisition | Announced | – | Software | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Cboe Australia | Cboe Global Markets | TMX Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Payments and fintech | Baker McKenzie (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Downtown Music Holdings | – | Universal Music Group (through Virgin Music Group) | Acquisition | Completed | 1,104.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)TozziniFreire Advogados (sell-side)Kirkland & Ellis (buy-side)Freshfields (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Safeway Concessions Platform | Macquarie Asset Management | VINCI Highways | Acquisition | Announced | – | Transport infrastructure | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (sell-side)Sidley Austin (sell-side) |
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