Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions are commercially sensitive transactions that are often transformational for the companies involved.
Our Mergers & Acquisitions Expertise
Our Mergers & Acquisitions team advises Australian and international businesses on expansion, divestment and succession planning strategies.
The experience of our team spans the range of acquisitions, takeovers, schemes of arrangement, disposals, joint ventures and strategic investments.
Our Mergers & Acquisitions partners bring a hands on, practical and commercial approach, leading our teams to ensure that transactions are implemented efficiently and effectively.
We offer our clients a multi-disciplinary team that brings together experts in corporate and securities law, competition and regulatory law, employment, financial services, intellectual property, planning and property, superannuation and tax.
The client base we work includes multinationals and publicly listed companies, founders, SMEs and family-run businesses across a range of industries.
We have acted on cross-border transactions, competitive tender processes, business acquisitions, disposals, takeovers and schemes of arrangement. We also regularly conduct due diligence and risk management programs, regulatory approvals and corporate governance issues.
Browse the team’s latest insight, review case studies and find a lawyer to help with your inquiry below.
Latest insights
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Featured
Merger control in Australia to become mandatory
ByFrom 1 January 2026, the current regime will be replaced by a mandatory pre-merger notification regime.
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Featured
Reform to Australia’s merger clearance regime
ByA new mandatory, suspensory merger review system conducted by the ACCC comes into effect in Australia on 1 January 2026.
Recent work

Swoop’s strategic disposal
The strategic disposal is one of several transactions in which Maddocks has advised Swoop over the last three years

Maddocks advises on professional services sale
The sale of management consulting firm Exent to ASX-listed professional services company Atturra Limited.

Maddocks advises on sale of bWellness
The sale will allow ASX-listed Nuchev, which specialises in goat milk products, to expand into complementary healthcare.
Our services
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Banking & Finance
We provide strategic advice and offer practical structuring solutions across all types of financial transactions for our clients.
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Tax & Revenue
We understand the tax issues that our clients face and confidently deliver advice and strategies of all forms of direct and indirect tax.
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Intellectual Property
We advise clients in all forms of intellectual property protection, from idea generation and commercialisation, to protecting their interests.
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Competition & Regulation
We advise clients on navigating the issues, investigations and enforcement of competition & regulation laws.
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Employment, Remuneration & Benefits
Our employment law service spans recruitment, remuneration policies and benefits for your workforce.
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Real Estate
Real Estate team provides a full-service property offering with strategic and practical advice that helps achieve commercial outcomes.
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Planning & Environment
Our Planning & Environment team advises on the complete range of planning issues, from environmental impact to development scheme approvals.
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Financial Services
Our range of financial services spans the full fund lifecycle, detailed financial planning and fund management.
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