Deal-making involves a winning combination of technical skill, broad-based commercial intelligence, a strategic mindset, level-headedness and the stamina to drive your best interests. Whether you are a bidder or target at a domestic or international level, we apply this combination to closing the best possible deal for you.

In driving the deal, we are there with you keeping up the momentum, retaining the respect of your board, executives, management consultants, investment bankers and regulators, and remaining alert to the opportunities to further your position.

No matter which M&A activities you are considering, whether it be takeovers and schemes of arrangement, private treaty acquisitions and disposals, management buy-outs, spin-offs and demergers, parallel initial public offerings, trade sale processes or reverse takeovers, our experience covers them all.

From international and local clients buying into or selling out of their Asia Pacific interests to local clients buying into or selling out of overseas interests, rely on a team with far-reaching experience, including in the media, financial services, energy and resources, agricultural and manufacturing sectors, among others.

As a global service provider, we can verify the attractiveness of any deal by drawing on the market intelligence of our global mergers and acquisitions team. This store of global knowledge and its business connections brings you new possibilities and opportunities, and greater certainty at the negotiating table.

With an increasing number of transactions crossing country borders, be supported by your local team backed by the firepower of your global team to place you in a winning position.

Recognition

Hat Trick of Honors: Dentons lawyers shine nationally in 2026 Best Lawyers in Australia™

April 17, 2025

Dentons is proud to announce that its senior lawyers have been recognised across all three individual award categories in the 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia^™. In total, 40 lawyers have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia™ (2026 Edition), after being nominated by their peers as leading practitioners in their fields of practice, spanning 39 specialties.

Insights

Doing Business in Australia - Mergers and acquisitions

November 18, 2024

Australia: Control of a public company in Australia may be acquired by way of a takeover or a scheme of arrangement.

PNGs new Takeover and Mergers Code

September 18, 2023

Australia: After years of uncertainty arising from having no Takeovers Code (Code) in place since the former Takeovers Code was repealed in 2017, on 22 June 2023, a new Takeover and Mergers Code was stated to have been prescribed for the purposes of section 277(1) of the Capital Market Act 2015 (Act).

What you need to know about the Payment Times Reporting Act 2020 (Cth)

January 20, 2022

Australia: The purpose of the Payment Times Reporting Act 2020 (Cth) (Act), which came into effect on 1 January 2021, is to help small business understand payment terms being offered by large businesses and government.

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Recent Press Releases

Hat Trick of Honors: Dentons lawyers shine nationally in 2026 Best Lawyers in Australia™

April 17, 2025

Dentons is proud to announce that its senior lawyers have been recognised across all three individual award categories in the 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia^™. In total, 40 lawyers have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia™ (2026 Edition), after being nominated by their peers as leading practitioners in their fields of practice, spanning 39 specialties.

Cross-border Dentons team advises Tricon Energy on establishment of Australia and New Zealand business

October 7, 2024

Dentons, the world’s largest global firm, has advised Houston-based distribution, trading, and logistics firm, Tricon Energy on setting up its business in Australia and New Zealand as part of its purchase agreement to acquire eXsource, a specialty polymer distributor, from Qenos.

Dentons advises Energy Fuels on transformational acquisition of Base Resources

May 9, 2024

On April 21, 2024, leading North American uranium and critical minerals company Energy Fuels Inc. (Energy Fuels) announced it had entered into a definitive  agreement for the transformational acquisition of Australian-based, African-focused mineral sands producer Base Resources Limited (Base Resources) through a definitive scheme implementation deed.

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