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
32 deals · A$171bndisclosed · Telecommunications and media · Clear
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| Date | Target | Vendor | Acquirer | Type | Status | Value A$m | Sector | Advisers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Feb 2025 | Domain | – | CoStar Group | Scheme | Completed | 3,000.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Grant Samuel (sell-side)UBS (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | See-Saw Films | – | Mediawan | Acquisition | Completed | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Arnold Bloch Leibler (sell-side)Mayer Brown (buy-side)Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Concrete Playground | – | Vinyl Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Apr 2025 | TPG Telecom Enterprise, Government and Wholesale fixed business and fibre network assets | TPG Telecom | Vocus Group | Asset sale | Pending | 5,250.0 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Apr 2025 | Foxtel Group | News | DAZN | Acquisition | Completed | 3,400.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Allens (sell-side) |
| May 2025 | TasmaNet business and assets | Field Solutions Holdings | Comms Group | Asset sale | Announced | 10.0 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Henslow (buy-side)Thomsons (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) | – | Hutchison Telecommunications (Amsterdam) | Takeover | Completed | 434.3 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | KPMG (sell-side)Barrenjoey (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Southern Cross television licences and associated assets (Tasmania, Darwin, Spencer Gulf, Broken Hill, Mt Isa, Remote, Central and Eastern Australia) | Southern Cross Media Group | Seven West Media | Asset sale | Completed | 3.8 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Vonex | – | Maxo Telecommunications | Scheme | Completed | 34.1 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Latimer Partners (sell-side)Titan Partners Corporate Finance (sell-side) |
| Aug 2025 | Southeast Asian property portals | Digital Classifieds Group | Lifull Connect | Acquisition | Completed | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Around 340 mobile tower and rooftop sites | Optus | Waveconn | Asset sale | Pending | – | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Clayton Utz (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Titan ICT | – | BAI Communications | Acquisition | Completed | – | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Allion Partners (sell-side)Lander & Rogers (buy-side)BDO (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Seven West Media | – | Southern Cross Media Group | Scheme | Completed | 417.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Lonergan Edwards & Associates (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)UBS (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Kroll (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Nativo | – | Life360 | Acquisition | Completed | 183.4 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Perella Weinberg Partners (sell-side)Cooley (sell-side)Stifel (buy-side)Sidley Austin (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 | 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 | Lynham Networks | – | Superloop | Acquisition | Announced | 165.0 | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Barrenjoey (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Doohly | – | Canva | Acquisition | Completed | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Allens (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 | oOh!media | – | Pacific Equity Partners | Scheme | Announced | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | UBS (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Warner Bros. Discovery | – | – | Merger | Completed | 154,559.5 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | MinterEllisonCovington & Burling |
| Jun 2026 | Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) | – | – | Merger | Completed | – | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Clayton UtzSparke Helmore |
| Jul 2026 | DGtek | – | Gigacomm | Acquisition | Announced | – | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | BDO (sell-side) |
| Jul 2026 | GYRO.Group | – | Too Lost | Acquisition | Announced | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | BDO (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | GYROstream Holdings Pty Ltd (GYRO.Group) | – | Too Lost | Acquisition | Completed | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Addisons (sell-side) |
| Aug 2026 | oOh!media | – | OOH BidCo | Scheme | Announced | 1,040.0 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Grant Samuel (sell-side)UBS (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)White & Case (buy-side) |
| Aug 2026 | MediaWorks Topco | – | Sports Entertainment Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Jarden (sell-side)Deloitte (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Motio | – | IVE Group Australia | Scheme | Announced | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Oct 2026 | RAS Technology Holdings | – | The Press Association | Scheme | Announced | 45.6 | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Canterbury Partners (sell-side)Gadens (sell-side)Latimer Partners (buy-side)Mills Oakley (buy-side) |
| – | capital markets division of Gumtree Australia (HotCopper, Stockhouse, The Market Online) | Gumtree Australia | ADVFN | Acquisition | Announced | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Lander & Rogers (buy-side) |
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