Australian M&A legal advisers: completed deals
H1 2026 · Australian M&A completed · 84 deals · A$20bn disclosed
Columns
Every deal that counts towards this table, with the firms credited on it. Tick deals to leave them out of the ranking or to rank only those deals; the page then says the ranking is a custom view.
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | EG Group Australia Pty Ltd and EG AsiaPac Holdings Pty Ltd (together, EG Australia) | – | Ampol | Acquisition | 1,165.0 | Completed | Oil and gas | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) | Ampol acquisition of EG Group Australia Pty Ltd and EG AsiaPac Holdings Pty Ltd (together, EG Australia) | |
| Jun 2026 | Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) | – | – | Merger | – | Completed | Telecommunications and digital infrastructure | Clayton UtzSparke Helmore | Australian Telecommunications Alliance (ATA) and Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) merger | |
| Jun 2026 | Tahmoor Coal Group assets | Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd and Bargo Collieries Pty Ltd (in liquidation) | Consortium | Asset sale | – | Completed | Coal | Gilbert + TobinAshurst Perkins Coie (sell-side) | Consortium acquisition of Tahmoor Coal Group assets | |
| Jun 2026 | Australian Financial Planning Group (AFPG) | – | Kudu Investment Management | Stake | – | Completed | Asset and wealth management | MinterEllison (buy-side) | Kudu Investment Management stake in Australian Financial Planning Group (AFPG) | |
| Jun 2026 | Drummond Capital Partners | – | Kudu Investment Management | Stake | – | Completed | Asset and wealth management | MinterEllison (buy-side) | Kudu Investment Management stake in Drummond Capital Partners | |
| Jun 2026 | Toro Energy | – | IsoEnergy | Scheme | 75.0 | Completed | Uranium | Cardinals Lawyers and Consultants (sell-side)Cassels (buy-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Paul, Weiss (buy-side) | IsoEnergy acquisition of Toro Energy | |
| Jun 2026 | Magnetic Resources | – | Genesis Minerals | Scheme | 639.0 | Completed | Gold and silver | Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Broadstream Advisory (buy-side) | Genesis Minerals acquisition of Magnetic Resources | |
| Jun 2026 | Cannatrek | – | Little Green Pharma | Scheme | – | Completed | Biotech and pharmaceuticals | K&L Gates (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | Little Green Pharma acquisition of Cannatrek | |
| Jun 2026 | DTI Group | – | Finico | Takeover | – | Completed | Industrial products and machinery | Blackwall Legal (sell-side)Lander & Rogers (buy-side) | Finico acquisition of DTI Group | |
| Jun 2026 | Graceview | – | Legora | Acquisition | – | Completed | Software | White & Case (buy-side) | Legora acquisition of Graceview | |
| Jun 2026 | HMA Group | – | Anchorage Capital Partners | Scheme | – | Completed | Industrial products and machinery | Thomsons (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) | Anchorage Capital Partners acquisition of HMA Group | |
| Jun 2026 | Eucalyptus | Blackbird Ventures | Hims & Hers Health | Acquisition | 1,751.8 | Completed | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | K&L Gates (sell-side)Gilbert + Tobin (sell-side)Cooley (sell-side)MinterEllison (buy-side) | Hims & Hers Health acquisition of Eucalyptus | |
| May 2026 | Falcon Oil & Gas | – | Tamboran Resources | Acquisition | 266.1 | Completed | Oil and gas | BLG (sell-side)McCullough Robertson (sell-side)Latham & Watkins (buy-side)Torys (buy-side)White & Case (buy-side)Lakatos, Köves and Partners (buy-side) | Tamboran Resources acquisition of Falcon Oil & Gas | |
| May 2026 | Bargain Car Rentals | Bargain Car Rentals shareholders | Tokyo Century | Acquisition | – | Completed | Transport and logistics | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side)Hall & Wilcox (buy-side)Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (buy-side) | Tokyo Century acquisition of Bargain Car Rentals | |
| May 2026 | MARSS group business | – | Electro Optic Systems Holdings | Asset sale | 54.8 | Completed | Defence and aerospace | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader (buy-side)MinterEllison (buy-side) | Electro Optic Systems Holdings acquisition of MARSS group business | |
| May 2026 | Winsome Resources | – | Li-FT Power | Scheme | – | Completed | Lithium and battery metals | DLA Piper (sell-side)Allion Partners (buy-side)McCarthy Tétrault (buy-side) | Li-FT Power acquisition of Winsome Resources | |
| May 2026 | Maas Group Holdings | – | – | Joint venture | – | Completed | Engineering and construction | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | Acquisition of Maas Group Holdings | |
| May 2026 | TelstraSuper | – | – | Merger | – | Completed | Asset and wealth management | Allens | Aware Super and TelstraSuper merger | |
| May 2026 | COLAS hot-mix asphalt business in Tomago | COLAS Australia Group | Maas Group Holdings | Asset sale | – | Completed | Building materials | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | Maas Group Holdings acquisition of COLAS hot-mix asphalt business in Tomago | |
| May 2026 | Pedal Group | Flight Centre Travel Group | Turner Collective | Stake | 131.3 | Completed | Retail and e-commerce | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | Turner Collective stake in Pedal Group | |
| May 2026 | INSITE DC | – | – | Joint venture | – | Completed | Data centres | Clifford Chance (sell-side) | Acquisition of INSITE DC | |
| May 2026 | National Storage REIT | – | Iridium SP BidCo | Scheme | 6,700.0 | Completed | REITs and property funds | Ashurst Perkins CoieClayton Utz (sell-side) | Brookfield Asset Management acquisition of National Storage REIT | |
| May 2026 | Russell Corp. Australia | Russell Brands | Gray-Nicolls Sports | Acquisition | – | Completed | Consumer brands and apparel | Clayton Utz (sell-side) | Gray-Nicolls Sports acquisition of Russell Corp. Australia | |
| May 2026 | Burwood Brickworks shopping centre | Frasers Property | a private fund managed by HMC Capital | Asset sale | – | Completed | REITs and property funds | Holding Redlich (sell-side) | a private fund managed by HMC Capital acquisition of Burwood Brickworks shopping centre | |
| Apr 2026 | Ontario Gold Assets (70% of Pickle Crow Project, 100% of Sioux Lookout Project) | FireFly Metals | Bellavista Resources | Asset sale | 47.4 | Completed | Gold and silver | Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side) | Bellavista Resources acquisition of Ontario Gold Assets (70% of Pickle Crow Project, 100% of Sioux Lookout Project) | |
| Apr 2026 | Pickle Crow Gold Project | FireFly Metals | Bellavista Resources | Asset sale | – | Completed | Gold and silver | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side) | Bellavista Resources acquisition of Pickle Crow Gold Project | |
| Apr 2026 | African Gold | – | Montage Gold Corp. | Scheme | – | Completed | Gold and silver | Allens (sell-side)Cozen O'Connor (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Cassels (buy-side) | Montage Gold Corp. acquisition of African Gold | |
| Apr 2026 | Insignia | – | CC Capital | Scheme | 3,900.0 | Completed | Asset and wealth management | Mallesons (sell-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side)Weil, Gotshal & Manges (buy-side) | CC Capital Partners acquisition of Insignia | |
| Apr 2026 | Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand) | Retail International Holding S.A.S. (Worldline) | Cuscal | Acquisition | 27.0 | Completed | Payments and fintech | Bell Gully (buy-side) | Cuscal acquisition of Paymark Limited (trading as Worldline New Zealand) | |
| Apr 2026 | Summerfield Battery Energy Storage System | – | Palisade Investment Partners | Asset sale | – | Completed | Renewable energy and storage | DLA Piper (buy-side) | Palisade Investment Partners acquisition of Summerfield Battery Energy Storage System | |
| Apr 2026 | Predictive Discovery | – | Perseus Mining | Scheme | 2,100.0 | Completed | Gold and silver | Fasken (sell-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side) | Perseus Mining acquisition of Predictive Discovery | |
| Apr 2026 | Robex Resources | – | Predictive Discovery | Merger | – | Completed | Gold and silver | Peloton Legal (sell-side)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (sell-side)Fasken (buy-side)Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) | Predictive Discovery and Robex Resources merger | |
| Apr 2026 | Electrum Discovery Corp. | – | MinRex Resources | Merger | – | Completed | Gold and silver | Steinepreis PaganinFarris LLPThomsonsGowling WLG | MinRex Resources and Electrum Discovery Corp. merger | |
| Apr 2026 | Zeus Street Greek | Founder shareholders of Zeus Street Greek | Whiteoak Growth Fund II LP | Acquisition | – | Completed | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) | Whiteoak Growth Fund II LP acquisition of Zeus Street Greek | |
| Apr 2026 | Rana Gruber ASA | – | Champion Iron | Takeover | – | Completed | Iron ore and steel | Wikborg Rein (sell-side)BAHR (buy-side)Stikeman Elliott (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)McCarthy Tétrault (buy-side) | Champion Iron acquisition of Rana Gruber ASA | |
| Apr 2026 | Iron Mine Contracting | – | North American Construction Group | Acquisition | 125.5 | Completed | Mining services and equipment | Thomsons (sell-side)MinterEllison (buy-side)Fasken (buy-side) | North American Construction Group acquisition of Iron Mine Contracting | |
| Apr 2026 | St Barbara Mining | St Barbara | Lingbao Gold Group Company | Acquisition | 390.0 | Completed | Gold and silver | Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) | Lingbao Gold Group Company acquisition of St Barbara Mining | |
| Apr 2026 | Railtrain Holdings | Entities associated with Chris Chalwell, Brendan Williams, Andrew McCutcheon and Graham Butler | GenusPlus Group | Acquisition | – | Completed | Engineering and construction | Gilbert + Tobin (buy-side) | GenusPlus Group acquisition of Railtrain Holdings | |
| Mar 2026 | ABA Biologicals Pty Ltd (AgBiTech) | – | BASF SE | Acquisition | – | Completed | Chemicals and fertilisers | DLA Piper (buy-side) | BASF SE acquisition of ABA Biologicals Pty Ltd (AgBiTech) | |
| Mar 2026 | Riverside Marine Holdings | – | Bhagwan Marine | Acquisition | 130.0 | Completed | Transport and logistics | Clayton Utz (buy-side) | Bhagwan Marine acquisition of Riverside Marine Holdings | |
| Mar 2026 | Valiant Gold | Westgold Resources | – | Demerger | – | Completed | Gold and silver | Thomsons (sell-side) | Valiant Gold demerger | |
| Mar 2026 | Georgian | – | Navigator Global Investments | Stake | 142.5 | Completed | Asset and wealth management | Weil, Gotshal & Manges (sell-side)Kirkland & Ellis (buy-side) | Navigator Global Investments stake in Georgian | |
| Mar 2026 | ModnPods | – | Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) | Stake | – | Completed | Home building and durables | Clayton Utz (buy-side) | Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) stake in ModnPods | |
| Mar 2026 | California Olive Ranch | – | Cobram Estate Olives | Acquisition | 264.3 | Completed | Food and beverage | DLA Piper (buy-side) | Cobram Estate Olives acquisition of California Olive Ranch | |
| Mar 2026 | Paramount Liquor group | – | Mercury Capital | Stake | – | Completed | Food and beverage | Mills Oakley (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) | Mercury Capital stake in Paramount Liquor group | |
| Mar 2026 | Port Adelaide Distribution Centre | Quintessential Equity | Centuria Capital | Asset sale | 216.0 | Completed | REITs and property funds | MinterEllison (sell-side) | Centuria Capital acquisition of Port Adelaide Distribution Centre | |
| Mar 2026 | BrewDog Brewing Australia | – | Tilray Australia New Zealand | Acquisition | – | Completed | Food and beverage | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | Tilray Australia New Zealand acquisition of BrewDog Brewing Australia | |
| Mar 2026 | Coca-Cola Place, 40 Mount Street, North Sydney (25% freehold interest) | M&G Real Estate | Soilbuild | Stake | 90.7 | Completed | REITs and property funds | K&L Gates (buy-side) | Soilbuild stake in Coca-Cola Place, 40 Mount Street, North Sydney (25% freehold interest) | |
| Mar 2026 | Gilmour Space Technologies | – | National Reconstruction Fund | Stake | – | Completed | Defence and aerospace | Clayton Utz (sell-side) | National Reconstruction Fund stake in Gilmour Space Technologies | |
| Mar 2026 | Zenith Energy | OPTrust | KKR | Acquisition | – | Completed | Electricity and gas networks and retail | Allens (sell-side) | KKR acquisition of Zenith Energy | |
| Mar 2026 | Critical minerals royalty portfolio (Western Australia) | RCF Management | Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board | Asset sale | – | Completed | Lithium and battery metals | Allens (buy-side) | Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board acquisition of Critical minerals royalty portfolio (Western Australia) | |
| Mar 2026 | Opal Healthcare | – | Pacific Equity Partners | Stake | – | Completed | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Allens (buy-side) | Pacific Equity Partners stake in Opal Healthcare | |
| Mar 2026 | Aura Holdings | – | Stonepeak | Stake | – | Completed | Property development and services | Allens (buy-side) | Stonepeak stake in Aura Holdings | |
| Mar 2026 | Southern Cross Diagnostics | – | Novacyt SA | Acquisition | – | Completed | Medical devices and technology | Hamilton Locke (buy-side)Addleshaw Goddard (buy-side)Frieh, Brault & Associés (buy-side) | Novacyt SA acquisition of Southern Cross Diagnostics | |
| Mar 2026 | Jupiter Mines | – | Exxaro Resources | Stake | – | Completed | Lithium and battery metals | Clayton Utz (buy-side) | Exxaro Resources stake in Jupiter Mines | |
| Mar 2026 | Keolis Downer | – | Keolis Group | Acquisition | – | Completed | Transport and logistics | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) | Keolis Group acquisition of Keolis Downer | |
| Mar 2026 | Collingwood Children’s Farm | – | – | Merger | – | Completed | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | HWLE Lawyers | Wallara Australia and Collingwood Children’s Farm merger | |
| Feb 2026 | Infrawork Holdings | – | PeopleIN | Acquisition | – | Completed | Business and professional services | DLA Piper (buy-side) | PeopleIN acquisition of Infrawork Holdings | |
| Feb 2026 | RPMGlobal Holdings | – | Caterpillar | Scheme | 1,048.0 | Completed | Software | Baker McKenzie (sell-side) | Caterpillar acquisition of RPMGlobal Holdings | |
| Feb 2026 | Neara | – | TCV | Stake | – | Completed | Software | DLA Piper (sell-side) | TCV stake in Neara | |
| Feb 2026 | Five operational solar farms across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria | Lightsource bp | Aula Energy | Asset sale | – | Completed | Renewable energy and storage | Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) | Aula Energy acquisition of Five operational solar farms across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria | |
| Feb 2026 | Apiam Animal Health | – | Adamantem Capital Management | Scheme | 228.4 | Completed | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)GRT Lawyers (sell-side) | Adamantem Capital Management acquisition of Apiam Animal Health | |
| Feb 2026 | Derrimut 247 Group | – | Wes Maas | Acquisition | – | Completed | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | Wes Maas acquisition of Derrimut 247 Group | |
| Feb 2026 | Hanworth Battery Energy Storage System | Enervest | Octopus Australia | Asset sale | – | Completed | Renewable energy and storage | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) | Octopus Australia acquisition of Hanworth Battery Energy Storage System | |
| Feb 2026 | Elanor Commercial Property Fund | – | LDR Assets | Takeover | – | Completed | REITs and property funds | Arnold Bloch Leibler (sell-side)McCullough Robertson (buy-side) | LDR Assets acquisition of Elanor Commercial Property Fund | |
| Feb 2026 | Global Uranium and Enrichment | – | Snow Lake Resources | Scheme | 44.5 | Completed | Uranium | Garfinkle BidermanNauth LPCThomsons (sell-side)Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | Snow Lake Resources acquisition of Global Uranium and Enrichment | |
| Feb 2026 | Transport business of UGL | UGL | Sojitz | Stake | – | Completed | Engineering and construction | Bell Gully (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side) | Sojitz stake in Transport business of UGL | |
| Feb 2026 | Bedford Services & Advisory Limited (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) | – | The Disability Trust | Acquisition | – | Completed | Hospitals, clinics and aged care | HWLE Lawyers (sell-side) | The Disability Trust acquisition of Bedford Services & Advisory Limited (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) | |
| Feb 2026 | MCT Automotive Group | – | Toyota Tsusho | Acquisition | – | Completed | Automotive | Clayton Utz (buy-side) | Toyota Tsusho acquisition of MCT Automotive Group | |
| Feb 2026 | Freedom Pools & Spas | owners of Freedom Pools & Spas | Latham Group | Acquisition | – | Completed | Home building and durables | Piper Alderman (sell-side) | Latham Group acquisition of Freedom Pools & Spas | |
| Jan 2026 | Independent Reserve | – | IG Group Holdings | Acquisition | 178.0 | Completed | Payments and fintech | Hamilton Locke (sell-side) | IG Group Holdings acquisition of Independent Reserve | |
| Jan 2026 | Delburn Wind Farm (205 MW) | – | SEC Victoria (SEC) | Asset sale | – | Completed | Renewable energy and storage | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (buy-side) | SEC Victoria (SEC) acquisition of Delburn Wind Farm (205 MW) | |
| Jan 2026 | Kula Gold | – | Forrestania Resources | Takeover | 58.9 | Completed | Gold and silver | Atkinson Corporate Lawyers (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) | Forrestania Resources acquisition of Kula Gold | |
| Jan 2026 | Juanbung and Boyong Stations landholding | – | Nari Nari Tribal Council | Asset sale | – | Completed | Agriculture and agribusiness | MinterEllison (buy-side) | Nari Nari Tribal Council acquisition of Juanbung and Boyong Stations landholding | |
| Jan 2026 | Brennan | – | Macquarie Principal Finance | Stake | – | Completed | IT services | Thomsons (sell-side) | Macquarie Principal Finance stake in Brennan | |
| Jan 2026 | Entertainment Rewards | – | Suzerain Investments Holdings | Takeover | 28.8 | Completed | Retail and e-commerce | Sundaraj & Ker (sell-side)McCullough Robertson (buy-side) | Suzerain Investments Holdings acquisition of Entertainment Rewards | |
| Jan 2026 | Raptor Resources | – | Eastern Metals | Takeover | – | Completed | Other mining and exploration | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | Eastern Metals acquisition of Raptor Resources | |
| Jan 2026 | Hullbot (Armata Systems Pty Ltd) | – | – | Stake | – | Completed | Industrial products and machinery | Addisons (sell-side) | Stake in Hullbot (Armata Systems Pty Ltd) | |
| Jan 2026 | PNB Consolidated | – | Lion | Acquisition | – | Completed | Household and personal products | Clayton Utz (buy-side) | Lion acquisition of PNB Consolidated | |
| Jan 2026 | Platinum Cables | Platinum Cables Holdings | IPD Group | Acquisition | 45.0 | Completed | Industrial products and machinery | Hamilton Locke (buy-side) | IPD Group acquisition of Platinum Cables | |
| Jan 2026 | Portfolio of premium farming properties | Australian Food & Agriculture Company (AFA) | Cleveland Agriculture | Asset sale | 200.0 | Completed | Agriculture and agribusiness | Bird & Bird (sell-side) | Cleveland Agriculture acquisition of Portfolio of premium farming properties | |
| Jan 2026 | European Outlet Mall Venture (EOMV) platform | Allianz accounts managed by PIMCO | Aware Super | Stake | – | Completed | REITs and property funds | Clifford Chance (buy-side)Schoenherr (buy-side) | Aware Super stake in European Outlet Mall Venture (EOMV) platform | |
| Jan 2026 | Hamilton Island | Oatley Family | Blackstone | Acquisition | – | Completed | Hospitality, leisure and gaming | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Clayton Utz (buy-side) | Blackstone acquisition of Hamilton Island | |
| Jan 2026 | Seven West Media | – | Southern Cross Media Group | Scheme | 417.0 | Completed | Media, entertainment and online platforms | Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (sell-side)Corrs Chambers Westgarth (buy-side) | Southern Cross Media Group and Seven West Media merger |
56 deals have no disclosed value. H1 2025 rank is the firm's place in the same period a year earlier, under the same filters. Methodology