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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Cleanaway Waste Management | – | Sedum Group | Scheme | Announced | 9,300.0 | Waste and environmental services | Barrenjoey (sell-side)Macquarie Capital (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Oct 2026 | Universal Communications Group Holdings | – | GenusPlus Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Quigg Partners (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)RSM (buy-side) |
| Oct 2026 | Entire Operations | – | Southern Cross Electrical Engineering | Acquisition | Announced | 70.0 | Engineering and construction | MA Moelis Australia (buy-side)EY (buy-side)K&L Gates (buy-side) |
| Oct 2026 | OCU Group | Triton Partners | funds managed by TDR Capital | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | White & Case (sell-side) |
| Oct 2026 | C3 | Brookfield | InfraRed Capital Partners | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Clayton Utz (buy-side)Chapman Tripp (buy-side)Grant Samuel (buy-side) |
| Oct 2026 | BRS | – | MLEI Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Eaton Square (sell-side) |
| Oct 2026 | Guidera O’Connor | – | Osmoflo | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Eaton Square (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Ausbuild Group | – | Sekisui Chemical Co. | Acquisition | Announced | 335.0 | Engineering and construction | Clayton Utz (buy-side)Nishimura & Asahi (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Mechanical Engineering division of Goodwin PLC (Goodwin Steel Castings Limited, Goodwin International Limited, Noreva GmbH, Easat Group and the Pumps Division) | Goodwin | Affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. | Asset sale | Announced | 2,118.5 | Industrial products and machinery | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | WGA Group Holdings | – | AtkinsRéalis Group | Scheme | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | InterFinancial (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Kinetic | – | Continuation vehicle managed by Foresight Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Transport and logistics | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | NOJA Power | NOJA Power shareholders | Goldman Sachs Alternatives | Acquisition | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Tassielink Transit | – | Kinetic | Acquisition | Announced | – | Transport and logistics | BDO (buy-side) |
| Sep 2026 | Welltech Total Water Management | – | Vysarn | Acquisition | Completed | – | Waste and environmental services | BDO (sell-side) |
| Aug 2026 | CV Services Group | shareholders of CV Services Group | Equans | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | HopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Aug 2026 | Seven Consulting | Seven Consulting shareholders | Sia | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Latimer PartnersHamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Aug 2026 | Hydrobiology | – | SLR | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Eaton Square (sell-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Cm3 | Blackwoods Group | Achilles | Acquisition | Pending | – | Industrial products and machinery | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side)White & Case (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Macquarie AirFinance | Macquarie Transportation Finance | Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) | Acquisition | Announced | – | Transport and logistics | Jones Day (sell-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Cloudstaff Holdings | Navegar II (Singapore) | Engelmann Capital | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | William BlairMills Oakley (sell-side)Lawson Jepps & Co. (sell-side)BDO (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Brisbane Bus Lines business | Brisbane Bus Lines | Kangaroo Bus Lines | Asset sale | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Piper Alderman (sell-side) |
| Jul 2026 | GB Galvanizing | – | Meneghello Industrial Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Industrial products and machinery | Blackpeak Capital (buy-side)BDO (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Australian Professional Shopfitters | – | SHAPE Australia Corporation | Acquisition | Completed | 29.4 | Engineering and construction | Addisons (buy-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Crown Coaches | – | Ventura | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Nash Advisory (sell-side) |
| Jul 2026 | Dredge Robotics | Acorn Capital | Verona Capital | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Record Point (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | UpperGround business of Hudson Global Resources (Aust) | Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Limited (Administrators Appointed) | HiTech Group Australia | Asset sale | Announced | 15.0 | Business and professional services | Tenet Advisory & Investments (buy-side)Gadens (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Ausgroup Industrial Services (AGIS) | – | Acrow | Acquisition | Announced | 54.5 | Engineering and construction | Grant Thornton (buy-side)Owen Hodge Lawyers (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | HMA Group | – | Anchorage Capital Partners | Scheme | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Thomsons (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Moorabbin Airport | Goodman Group | Barings | Acquisition | Announced | 1,500.0 | Transport infrastructure | Clayton Utz (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Military Services Australia Pty Ltd. and Downie Jones Ship Stores Limited (MSA) | – | Wrist Group | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Jones Day (buy-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Leed Engineering and Construction | Leed shareholders | JN Bentley | Acquisition | Announced | – | Engineering and construction | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) |
| Jun 2026 | Protech | – | Proman | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | InterFinancial (sell-side)Clairfield (sell-side) |
| May 2026 | MPC Kinetic | – | GenusPlus Group | Acquisition | Announced | 400.0 | Engineering and construction | Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)RSM (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Maas Group Holdings | – | – | Joint venture | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | FVS Services Group | shareholders of FVS Services Group | Fortitude Investment Partners | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | KPMGHopgoodGanim Lawyers (sell-side) |
| May 2026 | Dysons | – | Kinetic | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) |
| May 2026 | Bargain Car Rentals | Bargain Car Rentals shareholders | Tokyo Century | Acquisition | Completed | – | Transport and logistics | EYHWLE Lawyers (sell-side)Hall & Wilcox (buy-side)Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Atlas Arteria | – | IFM | Takeover | Announced | – | Transport infrastructure | UBS (sell-side)Flagstaff Partners (sell-side)Mallesons (sell-side)Kroll (sell-side)Allens (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Grant Thornton Australia | – | Turbo Parent Partnership LP | Scheme | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Allens (sell-side) |
| Apr 2026 | DTI Group | – | Finico | Takeover | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | Blackwall Legal (sell-side)Lander & Rogers (buy-side)Shaw and Partners (buy-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Renewable Metals | – | Clean Energy Finance | Stake | Announced | – | Waste and environmental services | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) |
| Apr 2026 | Safeway Concessions Platform | Macquarie Asset Management | VINCI Highways | Acquisition | Announced | – | Transport infrastructure | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (sell-side)Sidley Austin (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Railtrain Holdings | Entities associated with Chris Chalwell, Brendan Williams, Andrew McCutcheon and Graham Butler | GenusPlus Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | Sternship Advisers (buy-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Eptec defence division | Next Capital | Arlington Capital Partners | Acquisition | Announced | 150.0 | Defence and aerospace | MA Moelis Australia (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Richard Jay | Shareholders of Richard Jay | Fortitude Investment Partners | Acquisition | Announced | – | Business and professional services | Clayton Utz (sell-side)BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Master Instruments | – | KSB Sustainable Investments | Acquisition | Completed | – | Industrial products and machinery | BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Stornoway | – | Sonic Civil Investments | Acquisition | Completed | – | Engineering and construction | BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Guardhouse | – | Sundance Growth Management | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | BDO (buy-side) |
| Mar 2026 | BMM Group | – | The Visualize Group | Acquisition | Completed | – | Business and professional services | Addisons (sell-side) |
| Mar 2026 | Enviropacific Services | – | Veolia | Acquisition | Completed | 200.0 | Waste and environmental services | Stanton Road Partners (sell-side) |
Deals come from ASX announcements, scheme booklets, prospectuses, the advisers' own deal announcements and the press. How the data is built