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
40 deals · A$2.8bndisclosed · Consumer staples · Clear
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| Date | Target | Vendor | Acquirer | Type | Status | Value A$m | Sector | Advisers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Jan 2025 | Tasmanian Bakeries business | National Pies | Patties Foods | Asset sale | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Maddocks (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Australian Soil Management | – | – | Acquisition | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Hamilton LockeOxley Capital Partners |
| Feb 2025 | Clean Seas Seafood | – | Yumbah Aquaculture | Scheme | Completed | 29.3 | Agriculture and agribusiness | William BuckCandour Advisory (sell-side)HWLE Lawyers (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)K&L Gates (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | York Street Brands | – | iPartners | Stake | Completed | – | Household and personal products | VCF Capital (sell-side) |
| May 2025 | Deldi Holdings Proprietary Limited (trading as Ferraro Dairy Foods) | – | Frestine Dairy Australia | Acquisition | Completed | – | Food and beverage | MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Prime100 | – | Colgate-Palmolive | Asset sale | Completed | 500.0 | Food and beverage | Houlihan Lokey (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Addisons (buy-side)Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (buy-side) |
| May 2025 | Balthazar Whisky Distillers | – | Entity associated with Paramount Liquor | Acquisition | Announced | – | Food and beverage | Hamilton Locke (sell-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) |
| Aug 2025 | BE Campbell | – | Allegro Funds | Acquisition | Announced | – | Food and beverage | Miles Advisory Partners (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)Mills Oakley (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)EY (buy-side)Skye Capital Advisory (buy-side)GreenMount (buy-side) |
| Aug 2025 | Lynch Group Holdings | – | Darwin Aus Bidco | Scheme | Completed | 270.0 | Agriculture and agribusiness | Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Stanton Road Partners (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Myra property near Moranbah, Central Queensland | – | Camm Agricultural Group | Asset sale | Completed | 40.0 | Agriculture and agribusiness | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Fonterra's consumer and associated businesses | Fonterra | Lactalis | Acquisition | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Allens (buy-side)Freshfields (buy-side)Bell Gully (buy-side)Rothschild & Co (buy-side)Cameron Partners (buy-side)Deloitte (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Rawlinna Station | Jumbuck Pastoral | Consolidated Pastoral Company | Asset sale | Completed | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Piper Alderman (sell-side)McCullough Robertson (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Alba Cheese | – | Apta Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Food and beverage | BDO (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Four diversified agricultural businesses | – | Duxton Farms | Scheme | Completed | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | ProTen | Aware Super | KKR | Acquisition | Completed | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Dec 2025 | Beetaloo Station | BBRC | Consolidated Pastoral Company | Asset sale | Completed | 300.0 | Agriculture and agribusiness | McCullough Robertson (buy-side) |
| Dec 2025 | Black Mount Spring Water | The Growth Fund | Tasman Capital | Acquisition | Announced | – | Food and beverage | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)GreenMount (sell-side)EY (sell-side) |
| Dec 2025 | Victorian Livestock Exchange | – | Palisade Investment Partners | Acquisition | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Kidder Williams (buy-side) |
| Dec 2025 | California Olive Ranch | – | Cobram Estate Olives | Acquisition | Completed | 264.3 | Food and beverage | DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Portfolio of premium farming properties | Australian Food & Agriculture Company (AFA) | Cleveland Agriculture | Asset sale | Completed | 200.0 | Agriculture and agribusiness | Bird & Bird (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | PNB Consolidated | – | Lion | Acquisition | Completed | – | Household and personal products | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Juanbung and Boyong Stations landholding | – | Nari Nari Tribal Council | Asset sale | Completed | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | MinterEllison (buy-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 | PlasmaLeap Technologies | – | Gates Foundation | Stake | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-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 | BrewDog Brewing Australia | – | Tilray Australia New Zealand | Acquisition | Completed | – | Food and beverage | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Made Group | TPG and other shareholders | Danone | Acquisition | Announced | – | Food and beverage | Clifford Chance (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Latham & Watkins (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Danone Saputo Dairy Australia (DSDA) joint venture | Saputo Dairy Australia | Danone Asia | Acquisition | Announced | – | Food and beverage | Jones Day (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Latham & Watkins (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Cottesloe Boatshed Market | – | Joe Stevens | Acquisition | Announced | – | Supermarkets and food retail | Mills Oakley (sell-side)Squire Patton Boggs (buy-side)RSM (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Brancourts | – | Arla Foods | Acquisition | Announced | – | Food and beverage | Clifford Chance (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Southern Cross Farms | PKF | Willowstone Farms | Asset sale | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Mills Oakley (sell-side)Colliers (sell-side)Equion Capital (buy-side)Thomsons (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Noumi | – | Arrovest | Scheme | Announced | 737.0 | Food and beverage | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Arnold Bloch Leibler (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Vermelha Station | Vermelha Station's Vietnamese vendors | Consolidated Pastoral Company | Asset sale | Completed | 48.0 | Agriculture and agribusiness | McCullough Robertson (buy-side) |
| Oct 2026 | F.S. Falkiner & Sons | Australian Food & Agriculture | Banyandah Pastoral Co. | Acquisition | Completed | 300.0 | Agriculture and agribusiness | Bird & Bird (sell-side)Bell Potter (sell-side) |
| – | Kinross Farms | – | Pace Farm | Acquisition | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | KPMG (sell-side) |
| – | Freshmax Group | – | Roc Partners | Acquisition | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Kidder Williams (sell-side) |
| – | Lynch Group | – | TPG | Acquisition | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Gresham (buy-side) |
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