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 2025 | Employabilitylife | – | Federation University Australia | Acquisition | Announced | – | Education and childcare | Khaitan & Co (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | ARC Training | – | For Purpose Investment Partners (FPIP) | Acquisition | Completed | – | Education and childcare | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Train Australia Pty Ltd (trading as ARC Training) | – | Catalyst Education | Acquisition | Completed | – | Education and childcare | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | York Street Brands | – | iPartners | Stake | Completed | – | Household and personal products | VCF Capital (sell-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Cleary Bros' Construction Businesses | – | Maas Group Holdings | Acquisition | Completed | 172.0 | Engineering and construction | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (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 | Metal Powder Works | – | Metal Powder Works Limited (formerly K-TIG Limited) | Acquisition | Completed | 11.0 | Industrial products and machinery | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | REVL Holdings | – | Move Repeat | Acquisition | Announced | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Bird & Bird (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Syntec Diamond Tools | – | National Flooring Equipment | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | HWLE Lawyers (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Flight simulation business | Administrators of Rex Airlines | Navinci Global Markets (Navinci) | Asset sale | Completed | – | Education and childcare | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | GreenSquareDC | – | Partners Group | Stake | Announced | – | Data centres | Clifford Chance (buy-side)Norton Rose Fulbright (sell-side)Berkeley Advisory (sell-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Protecht Group Holdings | Shareholders of Protecht Group | PSG Equity L.L.C. | Acquisition | Announced | 445.0 | Software | Johnson Winter Slattery (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (buy-side)Weil, Gotshal & Manges (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | LegalVision | – | Quadrant Private Equity | Stake | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Allier Capital (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)PwC (buy-side)OC&C Strategy Consultants (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Athena AI | – | SightLine Applications | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | Mintz (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Georgiou Group | – | STRABAG | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Eaton Square (sell-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Waste Services Group | – | The Carlyle Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Waste and environmental services | Herbert Smith Freehills KramerAllensHamilton Locke (sell-side)Liberty Corporate Finance (sell-side) |
| Mar 2025 | Melbourne Victory Football Club | 777 Partners | Tony Bloom | Stake | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Lion Advisory |
| Mar 2025 | Concrete Playground | – | Vinyl Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Maddocks (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Micromine | Potentia Capital | Weir Group | Acquisition | Completed | 1,350.0 | Software | Hiswara Bunjamin & TandjungJohnson Winter Slattery (sell-side)HFW (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Lindsay's Project | Top Global Mining | Auric Mining | Asset sale | Announced | 4.0 | Gold and silver | SEER Financial Group (sell-side)CTC Geological (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | SelfWealth | – | Bell Financial Group | Scheme | Withdrawn | – | Asset and wealth management | Flagstaff Partners (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | PointsBet Holdings | – | BlueBet Holdings | Takeover | Announced | 360.0 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Baker McKenzie (sell-side)Flagstaff Partners (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Jarden (buy-side)Morgans (buy-side)Ord Minnett (buy-side)Arnold Bloch Leibler (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | PointsBet Holdings | – | MIXI Australia | Scheme | Announced | 402.0 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Arnold Bloch LeiblerGrant Samuel (sell-side)Flagstaff Partners (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)Nomura (buy-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side)Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (buy-side)Senet (buy-side)Aird & Berlis (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Karora (Lakewood) | Westgold Resources | Black Cat Syndicate | Acquisition | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | CZR Resources | Mark Creasy (Creasy Group) | Fenix Resources | Takeover | Announced | 61.4 | Iron ore and steel | Thomsons (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Poynton Stavrianou (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | RPM Advisory Services | RPMGlobal Holdings | SLR Consulting Australia | Acquisition | Announced | 63.0 | Mining services and equipment | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Baker McKenzie (sell-side)Grant Thornton (sell-side)KPMG (buy-side)DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Mayne Pharma Group | – | Cosette Pharmaceuticals | Scheme | Withdrawn | 672.0 | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | Jefferies (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Arnold & Porter (sell-side)Davis Wright Tremaine (sell-side)EY (sell-side)Deloitte (sell-side)Santander (buy-side)UBS (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Ropes & Gray (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) |
| Feb 2025 | King Energy | – | Whitebark Energy | Takeover | Completed | – | Oil and gas | EMK Lawyers (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side)AE Advisors (buy-side)Business Initiatives (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Hastings Technology Metals | – | – | Joint venture | Completed | – | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Clayton Utz |
| Feb 2025 | MedTech Global | – | Banyan Software | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | Allier Capital (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)PwC (sell-side)L.E.K. Consulting (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Neo Performance Materials | Hastings Technology Metals | Wyloo | Stake | Completed | 79.8 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Grover Charitable Gaming | – | Light & Wonder | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Jarden (buy-side)Cravath, Swaine & Moore (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | NZ Windfarms | – | Meridian Energy | Scheme | Announced | – | Renewable energy and storage | Russell McVeagh (buy-side)Clare Capital (buy-side) |
| 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) |
| Feb 2025 | Perpetual Wealth Management and Corporate Trust businesses | Perpetual | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. | Scheme | Announced | – | Asset and wealth management | Grant Samuel |
| Feb 2025 | Intellegam | – | Infomedia | Acquisition | Completed | – | Software | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Atlantic Gold Operations | St Barbara | – | Acquisition | Announced | – | Gold and silver | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Evidentia Group Holdings | – | Generation Development Group | Acquisition | Completed | 320.0 | Asset and wealth management | Luminis Partners (buy-side)Baker McKenzie (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Matsa Resources | – | Patronus Resources | Takeover | Announced | 33.0 | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side)Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Blackwall Legal (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | IDM International | – | Blackstone Minerals | Scheme | Announced | – | Copper and base metals | Discovery Capital Partners (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Stunalara Metals | – | Inca Minerals | Takeover | Announced | 1.8 | Gold and silver | EMK Lawyers (sell-side)Moore Australia (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side)Calder Roth & Co (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Eumundi Group | – | SEQ Hospitality Group | Scheme | Completed | 80.6 | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | HopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Xref | – | SEEK International Investments | Scheme | Withdrawn | – | Software | BDO (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Australian Soil Management | – | – | Acquisition | Announced | – | Agriculture and agribusiness | Hamilton LockeOxley Capital Partners |
| Feb 2025 | Tasmania JackJumpers | LK Group | Altor Capital | Acquisition | Completed | – | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Allens (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Redcat | Redcat shareholders | Armitage Associates | Stake | Completed | – | Software | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Oxford European industrial and logistics portfolio and M7 Real Estate | Oxford Properties | AustralianSuper | Joint venture | Announced | – | REITs and property funds | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) |
| Feb 2025 | KOBE | KOBE Group Holdings | Intelligent Monitoring Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Jones Day (buy-side) |
| Feb 2025 | Orora Australian and New Zealand wine closures business | Orora | Interpack | Asset sale | Completed | – | Packaging, paper and forestry | Flagstaff PartnersHamilton Locke (sell-side)Maddocks (buy-side) |
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