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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | FIIG Securities | FIIG Holdings | Australian Investment Exchange Limited (AUSIEX) | Acquisition | Completed | – | Asset and wealth management | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | BaptistCare (NSW, ACT, WA) | – | – | Merger | Completed | – | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | HWLE Lawyers |
| Jun 2025 | Blackwell Pacific | Baker & Taylor | Booktopia Holdings | Acquisition | Announced | – | Retail and e-commerce | MinterEllison (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | MagicBrief | – | Canva | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | Allens (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Luerssen Australia | – | Civmec | Acquisition | Completed | – | Defence and aerospace | Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Shelf Subsea | – | DeepOcean | Acquisition | Completed | – | Energy services | HopgoodGanim Lawyers (buy-side)Stephenson Harwood (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Killard | the Founder of the Killard Group | Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | KPMG (sell-side)Mills Oakley (sell-side)AZB & Partners (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Stoney Creek Battery Energy Storage System | Enervest | Energy Vault | Asset sale | Pending | – | Renewable energy and storage | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Citation Group | – | HarbourVest Partners | Stake | Announced | – | Business and professional services | HWLE Lawyers |
| Jun 2025 | 6 Sunray Drive, Innaloo (IKEA Perth store) | GDI No.43 Property Trust | IKEA | Asset sale | Completed | 163.8 | REITs and property funds | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Atlantic Tin | – | Inner Mongolia Xingye Silver & Tin Mining Co | Takeover | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side)Grant Thornton (buy-side)Mokhtari Avocats (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Zenith Energy | OPTrust | KKR | Acquisition | Completed | – | Electricity and gas networks and retail | Allens (sell-side)Gresham (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | 180 George Street, Sydney NSW (Sydney Place) | – | MEC Global Partners Asia | Stake | Announced | – | REITs and property funds | Clifford Chance (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Sydney Place | – | MEC Global Partners Asia | Stake | Completed | – | REITs and property funds | Clifford Chance (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Bureau Veritas' food testing business | Bureau Veritas | Mérieux NutriSciences | Acquisition | Completed | 620.2 | Business and professional services | Clayton Utz (buy-side)Gide (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Limestone Estate | New Forests | OneFortyOne | Asset sale | Completed | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Hunter Premium Funding | Allianz | Pemba Capital Partners | Acquisition | Completed | – | Banking and lending | Clifford Chance (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Freedom Furniture | Greenlit Brands | Amart Furniture | Acquisition | Announced | – | Retail and e-commerce | Jarden (sell-side)Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Atlas Engineering Group | – | Sequana | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | Grant Thornton (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Lyrebird Health | – | – | Stake | Completed | – | Medical devices and technology | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Aveo | Brookfield | The Living Company | Acquisition | Completed | 3,850.0 | Property development and services | Allens (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | RANOS | – | BlueMatrix | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Kirkland & Ellis (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Pinnacle Underwriting | Pinnacle Underwriting, its group entities and shareholders | United Risk Global | Acquisition | Completed | – | Insurance | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company | – | TopCo (newly established ASX-listed company) | Scheme | Completed | 14,000.0 | Listed investment vehicles | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Pitt Capital Partners (sell-side)Citi (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Greentech Technology International | – | Metals X | Takeover | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Yu Ming Investment Management (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Johns Lyng Group | – | Pacific Equity Partners | Scheme | Completed | 1,300.0 | Engineering and construction | J.P. Morgan (sell-side)Nomura (sell-side)MinterEllison (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Horse Heaven Antimony-Gold-Silver-Tungsten Project | – | Resolution Minerals | Asset sale | Announced | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Oakley Capital Partners (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | MPower renewable energy business | MPower Group | Wollemi Energy Group | Asset sale | Announced | 19.0 | Renewable energy and storage | Jarden (sell-side)Landerer & Company (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Adriatic Metals | – | Dundee Precious Metals | Scheme | Completed | 1,997.6 | Gold and silver | RBC Capital Markets (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Stifel (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Stikeman Elliott (sell-side)BMO Capital Markets (buy-side)Tavistock (buy-side)BCLP (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Tourism Holdings | Accident Compensation | BGH Capital | Acquisition | Announced | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Jarden (sell-side)MinterEllisonRuddWatts (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Santos | – | XRG P.J.S.C. | Scheme | Announced | – | Oil and gas | Goldman Sachs (sell-side)JB North & Co (sell-side)Rothschild & Co (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | humm group | – | The Abercrombie Group | Scheme | Announced | – | Payments and fintech | K&L Gates (sell-side)Flagstaff Partners (sell-side)Gresham (buy-side)MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Melio | – | Xero | Acquisition | Completed | 3,992.1 | Payments and fintech | J.P. Morgan (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Duxton Dairies (Cobram) | – | Duxton Farms | Scheme | Completed | 102.9 | Agriculture and agribusiness | Grant ThorntonAddisons (sell-side)Chapman Capital Partners (buy-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Wesfarmers | – | – | Acquisition | Announced | – | REITs and property funds | Deloitte (sell-side)Highbury Partnership (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Silk Logistics Holdings | – | DP World Australia | Scheme | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Gresham (buy-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Aurumin | – | Brightstar Resources | Scheme | Completed | – | Gold and silver | BDO (sell-side)Allens (sell-side) |
| Jun 2025 | Yandal Gold Project | Strickland Metals | Gateway Mining | Asset sale | Completed | 45.0 | Gold and silver | Longreach Capital (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Pet Chemist | Mad Paws Holdings | – | Acquisition | Announced | – | Retail and e-commerce | Highbury Partnership (sell-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Regent Motors | The Van Helvoort family | – | Acquisition | Completed | – | Automotive | BDO (sell-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Yadnarie solar and long-duration energy storage project | Photon Energy | AGL Energy | Asset sale | Completed | – | Renewable energy and storage | Clifford Chance (sell-side)McCullough Robertson (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Premise | – | Amey | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | InterFinancial (sell-side) |
| Jul 2025 | International Game Technology PLC's Gaming & Digital Business | – | Apollo Funds | Acquisition | Completed | 10,060.0 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Addisons (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Ballard Mining | Delta Lithium | – | Demerger | Completed | – | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Bluechiip Limited (ASX:BCT) and its US-based subsidiary, the Bluechiip Group | – | Cryonix | Asset sale | Announced | – | Medical devices and technology | Moray & Agnew (sell-side)Mills Oakley (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Portfolio of renewable energy projects in central Tasmania | Downie Family | Gamuda | Stake | Announced | – | Renewable energy and storage | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side)MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | New World Resources | – | Kinterra Capital GP Corp. II | Takeover | Completed | 250.0 | Copper and base metals | Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Sternship Advisers (sell-side)Allens (buy-side)MA Moelis Australia (buy-side)Moelis & Company (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Peter Stevens Motorcycles and Harley Heaven dealerships | Administrators of the Peter Stevens and Harley Heaven businesses | MotorCycle Holdings | Asset sale | Announced | – | Automotive | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | 50% stake in the Central Tanami Gold Project | Northern Star Resources | Mount Gibson Iron | Asset sale | Pending | 50.0 | Gold and silver | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | HS Roads | Hill & Smith | Onsite Rental Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | BDO (sell-side) |
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