Ashurst Perkins Coie has been ranked 2nd among all firms for deals by volume in Mergermarket's H1 2026 M&A League Table for Australia after advising on over US$17 billion of transactions announced in the period.
Major transactions that Ashurst Perkins Coie recently advised on include:
- Alcoa Corporation's proposed US$4.1 billion acquisition of South32’s interests in bauxite, alumina, and aluminium operations;
- Amwins Group Inc's proposed $7.7 billion acquisition of Steadfast Group Limited via scheme of arrangement jointly with Dragoneer Investment Group, LLC;
- Brookfield and GIC's A$4 billion acquisition of National Storage REIT; and
- Sembcorp Industries' A$6.5 billion acquisition of Alinta Energy.
Australian Co-Head of M&A Tony Damian said: "We'd like to thank our clients and our team for an outstanding 6 months which saw us acting on a number of landmark deals."
Fellow Australian Co-Head of M&A, and Head of Australia, Neil Pathak added: "We continue to see strong deal flow, both cross-border and domestically, and across a range of sectors, for the remainder of 2026."
