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
149 deals · A$34bndisclosed · Industrials · Clear
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| Date | Target | Vendor | Acquirer | Type | Status | Value A$m | Sector | Advisers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Feb 2026 | Infrawork Holdings | – | PeopleIN | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Riverside Marine Holdings | – | Bhagwan Marine | Acquisition | Completed | 130.0 | Transport and logistics | Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side)BDO (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Australian Barge Hire | – | Combifloat | Acquisition | Announced | – | Transport and logistics | Holding Redlich (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | HoseCo Australia | – | ATOM | Acquisition | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | HWLE Lawyers (buy-side) |
| Feb 2026 | Transport business of UGL | UGL | Sojitz | Stake | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Bell Gully (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | MARSS group business | – | Electro Optic Systems Holdings | Asset sale | Completed | 54.8 | Defence and aerospace | Henslow (buy-side)Hogan Lovells Cadwalader (buy-side)MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | reverse logistics division of TIC Group (now known as RL Circular Operations) | TIC Group | Assurant | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Lander & Rogers (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Platinum Cables | Platinum Cables Holdings | IPD Group | Acquisition | Completed | 45.0 | Industrial products and machinery | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Gilmour Space Technologies | – | National Reconstruction Fund | Stake | Completed | – | Defence and aerospace | Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Ektimo | – | Pemba Capital | Acquisition | Completed | – | Waste and environmental services | KPMG (sell-side) |
| Jan 2026 | Hullbot (Armata Systems Pty Ltd) | – | – | Stake | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Addisons (sell-side) |
| Dec 2025 | Chadwick Forklifts | – | Nikken | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Dec 2025 | Regional Express Holdings Limited (Rex) | – | Air T | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Alvarez & Marsal (buy-side) |
| Dec 2025 | IND Technology | – | Energy Impact Partners | Stake | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | DLA Piper (sell-side)Ord Minnett (sell-side)Mills Oakley (buy-side)Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Dec 2025 | Strait Link | Allegro Funds | Igneo Infrastructure Partners | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Macquarie Capital (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Dec 2025 | CJ Duncan | – | Johns Lyng Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | Grant Thornton (sell-side)Liberty Corporate Finance (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Dec 2025 | Keolis Downer | – | Keolis Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| Dec 2025 | AFS Logistics | The Growth Fund | FMH Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Alvarez & Marsal (sell-side)GreenMount (sell-side)EY (sell-side) |
| Dec 2025 | Arden Group | – | SHAPE Australia Corporation | Asset sale | Completed | 32.0 | Engineering and construction | Addisons (buy-side) |
| Dec 2025 | AC Industries | – | Volution Group | Acquisition | Completed | 178.9 | Industrial products and machinery | BDO (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Qube Holdings | UniSuper | Macquarie Asset Management | Scheme | Completed | 11,700.0 | Transport and logistics | Grant Samuel (sell-side)UBS (sell-side)Allens (sell-side)KPMG (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | MARSS Interceptor business | MARSS Group | Electro Optic Systems Holdings | Asset sale | Completed | 9.7 | Defence and aerospace | Henslow (buy-side)Oaklins France (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Trakka Group | Shareholders of Trakka Group | Acron Aviation | Acquisition | Completed | – | Defence and aerospace | Arnold Bloch Leibler (sell-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Cogent Scaffolding | – | APS Industrial Services | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | BDOHopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Beralon group | – | Waste Services Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Waste and environmental services | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | iSky Research | – | RFI Global | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Massumi + Consoli (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Orion Group | – | – | Merger | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Maddocks |
| Nov 2025 | BG&E Group | – | Systra SA | Scheme | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Nov 2025 | WorkPac Group | – | Tasmea | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| Nov 2025 | Kinetic | OPTrust | TPG Rise Climate | Acquisition | Completed | 4,000.0 | Transport and logistics | Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Filterfab | – | MAXI-PRESS Australia | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Hall & Wilcox (buy-side)Wynn Williams (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | TAMS | – | SRG Global | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)PwC (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | Taylors Swan Hill | – | Titan Machinery Holdings Australia | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Clayton Utz (buy-side) |
| Oct 2025 | SwarmFarm Robotics | – | Edaphon | Stake | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Piper Alderman (sell-side) |
| Oct 2025 | BNP Securities | – | Intelligent Monitoring Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Jones Day (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Fredon Industries | – | NRW Holdings | Acquisition | Completed | 200.0 | Engineering and construction | K&L Gates (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Findex (sell-side)Longreach Capital (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Rouse | – | – | Merger | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Ad Astra Corporate Advisory |
| Sep 2025 | Western Advance | – | ADT Security Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Jones Day (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Envirolab Group | Envirolab shareholders | Intertek Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | KPMG (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side) |
| Sep 2025 | Oncore Group Holdings | – | Workwell | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Johnson Winter Slattery (buy-side) |
| Aug 2025 | PwC's insolvency and restructuring services business | PwC | Teneo Financial Advisory Australia | Asset sale | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Clayton Utz (sell-side) |
| Aug 2025 | Umwelt Environmental & Social Consultants | – | Five V Capital | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | BDO (buy-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)PwC (buy-side)OC&C Strategy Consultants (buy-side) |
| Aug 2025 | Koala Koaches | the Young family | Kinetic | Asset sale | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Piper Alderman (sell-side) |
| Aug 2025 | Alloy Steel Australia (Int) | – | Lincoln Electric | Acquisition | Completed | 209.0 | Industrial products and machinery | Thomsons (sell-side) |
| Aug 2025 | All Energy Contracting (AEC) | – | OCU Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | DLA Piper (buy-side) |
| Aug 2025 | Locale Civil | Power Network Services (PNS) | Symal Group | Acquisition | Pending | 35.0 | Engineering and construction | Piper Alderman (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Transhipment Services Australia | – | Asian Bulk Logistics | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | KPMG (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Aqua Metro | – | Saunders International | Acquisition | Completed | 30.0 | Engineering and construction | BDO (buy-side)MinterEllison (buy-side) |
| Jul 2025 | Premise | – | Amey | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | InterFinancial (sell-side) |
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