Mergers & Acquisitions

HWLE’s M&A team is ranked amongst the top firms in Australia by number of completed M&A deals, and is well placed to advise local and international businesses on all aspects of their acquisition, divestment and succession planning strategies.

We have extensive experience advising on sale processes, structuring and negotiation of acquisitions and disposals, competitive bid private treaty transactions, regulated takeovers, demergers, schemes of arrangement, joint ventures, MBOs, cross-border M&A (including both inbound and outbound investment), financing for acquisitions, taxation structuring, regulatory approvals including Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), corporate restructures and reorganisations, capital reductions and share buy-backs.

Our skilled team and unrivalled value offering allows us to work effectively on large and mid-market transactions across a broad range of industries.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Our experience

  • School Bytes Learning Advising the sole shareholder of School Bytes Learning Pty Ltd on the sale to Compass Education as part of a $700 million acquisition of Compass Education by EQT group.
  • Ridley Corporation Acting on the acquisition of Incitec Pivot Fertiliser distribution business from Dyno Nobel for $375 million.
  • MyState and MyState Bank Advised on the $755 million merger of equals with Auswide bank by way of scheme of arrangement.
  • BaptistCare Advised on the merger of Baptcare (VIC, TAS, SA), Baptist Care SA and BaptistCare (NSW, ACT, WA), to become Australia’s third largest integrated care and service provider.
  • Amora Hotels & Resorts Advising Amora on the acquisition of Adelaide’s largest hotel, Hilton Adelaide.
  • Virya Energy Advising on the $300 million sale of the Yanco Delta Wind Farm project to Origin Energy. The sale of the 1.5 GW project represents the largest wind farm transaction in Australia.
  • Wesfarmers Advising on various transactions, including most recently the acquisition of Box of Books by Officeworks.
  • RRC Nominees Advised on the $500 million sale of the entities which operate the Cavpower Caterpillar Dealership business to Sime Darby Industrial Machinery Australasia.