Corporate Advisory
Clear, practical strategic advice
Investec provides strategic corporate finance and advisory services to domestic and international corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and entrepreneurs.
We're a leading corporate adviser in the Australian market and abroad.
Investec provides a wide range of financial advisory services in relation to mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, capital raisings and other significant corporate transactions.
We focus on serving growth and middle market companies, but are often called to act on much larger transactions where we have a particular insight or expertise.
Our approach
For more information on Investec’s corporate advisory practice in Australia and our capabilities in the region, please contact one of our senior advisers.
| Recent Deals | |
| 2017 | SA Government on the commercialisation of Land Services Group (A$1.605 billion) |
| 2017 | Seymour White on its strategic review and acquisition by VINCI (A$115m) |
| 2017 | The Cheesecake Shop on their sale to PAG (Confidential) |
| 2017 | Xenith on their acquisition on Griffith Hack (A$152m) |
| 2017 | Amaysim Australia Ltd on its acquisition of Click Energy (A$120m) |
| 2016 | Xenith acquisition of Watermark (A$20m) |
| 2016 | Advised KKR as part of the Pacific Consortium’s bid for Tatts Group (A$7.5bn) |
| 2016 | SA Government on its strategic review of Motor Accidents Commission’s direct property portfolio (A$600m) |
| 2016 | NZ Racing Board on its strategic review of racing industry funding options (Confidential) |
| 2016 | Amaysim Australia Ltd on its acquisition of AusBBS (A$4m) |
| 2016 | Amaysim Australia Ltd on its escrowed shares sale facility (A$63m) |
| 2016 | Amaysim on their acquisition of Vaya Pty Ltd. (A$70m) |
| 2016 | CML Group on its acquisition of 180 Group (A$35.5m) |
| 2016 | ICM Airport Technics on its acquisition of Vedaleon Technologies (Confidential) |
| 2016 | Shaver Shop on their IPO (A$131m) |
| 2016 | Steinhoff Asia Pacific on their acquisition of Fantastic Holdings Limited (A$361m) |
| 2015 | Next Athleisure on the sale of 25% stake to Myer (Confidential) |
| 2015 | The Pas Group on their acquisition of JETS Swimwear (Confidential) |
| 2015 | Xenith on their IPO (A$90m) |
| 2015 | Advised Tatts on their merger of equals proposal with Tabcorp (A$9.5bn) |
| 2015 | Amaysim Australia Ltd on its initial public offering (A$317m) |
| 2015 | Bidvest on its offer to acquire Adcock Ingram (A$661m) |
| 2015 | HUB24 on its response to an unsolicited bid from IOOF (A$144m) |
| 2015 | Luye Medical on its acquisition of HealtheCare (A$938m) |
| 2015 | PAS Group on its response to an unsolicited on-market takeover offer from Coliseum Capital (A$86m) |
| 2015 | RELX Group on their acquisition of Cordell Information (Confiential) |
| 2014 | Access Capital Advisers on their merger with Challenger’s infrastructure division (Confidential) |
| 2014 | Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget’s (SCA) on the IPO of Asaleo Care (A$995m) |
| 2014 | The PAS Group on a refinancing, strategic review and IPO (A$160m) |
| 2014 | The sale of Ingeus Limited (US$206m) |
| 2013 | Adcorp (JSE-listed) on their acquisition of Paxus (A$65m) |
| 2013 | AVJennings on a non-renounceable entitlement offer (A$41.2m) |
| 2013 | Ingham Enterprises Pty Ltd on their sale to TPG Capital (A$880m) |
| 2013 | Japara Aged Care on a capital raising (Value undisclosed) |
| 2013 | Reed Elsevier on the sale of its Australian division to Catalyst, including the provision of a staple financing package (Confidential) |
| 2013 | Supré Holdings Pty Ltd on their sale to Cotton On (Confidential) |
| 2013 | Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget’s (SCA) on a refinancing and capital return from SCA Hygiene Australasia (A$562m) |
| 2013 | William Hill on its acquisition of Sportingbet’s Australian operations (£486m) |
| 2012 | Betchoice on their sale to UniBet (A$20m) |
| 2012 | Investec Bank Australia on its acquisition of Alliance Finance (Confidential)) |
| 2012 | Pacific Equity Partners on the acquisition of Spotless Limited (A$1.1 billion) |
| 2012 | South Australian Government on selecting a private sector operator for SA Lotteries (A$427m) |
| 2012 | Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) on their sale of 50% of SCA Hygiene Australasia to Pacific Equity Partners (A$570m) |
| 2012 | Tasmanian Government on the sale of TOTE Tasmania ($103m) |
| 2012 | Thakral in relation to Brookfield’s takeover offer (A$1.0bn) |
| 2012 | Exclusive Financial Adviser to Exxaro on the acquisition of African Iron (A$338m) |
| 2011 | Aspen Pharmacare on the acquisition of Sigma's Pharmaceuticals Division (A$900m) |
| 2011 | CVC on the restructuring of I-MED (Confidential) |
| 2011 | Growthpoint on the acquisition of Rabinov Property Trust (A$235m) |
| 2011 | Laundry Hotels on pub industry consolidation (Confidential) |
| 2011 | Snowball on their merger with Shadforth Financial Group (A$290m) |
| 2011 | Spark Infrastructure on their internalisation of management (A$49m) |
| 2011 | Tasmanian Government on its strategic review of TOTE Tasmania (Confidential) |
| 2011 | Noble Group on their sale to Territory Resources (A$134) |
| 2010 | Gale Pacific on their strategic review (Confidential) |
| 2010 | Growthpoint on a portfolio acquisition and equity raising (A$172m) |
| 2010 | KKR on its bid for Healthscope Limited (A$2.7bn) |
| 2010 | Morningstar on its acquisition of Aegis Equities Research media company (Confidential) |
| 2010 | NSW Government on the sale of NSW Lotteries (A$850m) |
| 2010 | Perpetual’s Board in relation to KKR’s takeover approach (A$1.75bn) |
| 2010 | Spark Infrastructure on their strategic review (A$1.8bn) |
| 2010 | Transfer of the funds of Macquarie Cash Management Trust to Macquarie Bank Limited (A$10bn in assets under management) |
| 2009 | Cromwell on an equity placement to Redefine plc (A$73m) |
| 2009 | CVC on the sale of GenesisCare to Advent Private Equity (A$220m) |
| 2009 | Growthpoint Properties on the recapitalisation and restructure of the Orchard Industrial Property Fund to create Growthpoint Properties Australia (A$200m) |
| 2009 | Retail Apparel Group on their strategic review (Confidential) |
| 2009 | Shaw Stockbroking Group on their strategic review (Confidential) |
| 2009 | Tatts Group on the sale of its South African gaming operations (A$26m) |
| 2008 | Wotif.com on its takeover bid for travel.com.au (A$57m) |
| 2007 | Angus & Coote’s on its sale to Prouds (A$100m) |
| 2007 | Cromwell on the formation of the Cromwell Group via stapling and merger of the Diversified Property Trust & 5 managed property syndicates (A$800m) |
| 2007 | Investec on the Property Opportunity Equity Fund (IPOF) capital raising (A$92m) |
| 2007 | Manor Group on the sale of two retirement villages to Meridien Retirement Living (Confidential) |
| 2007 | Mimco on its sale to Gresham Private Equity (Confidential) |
| 2007 | Play Up on its seed and subsequent capital raisings for mobile gaming product (Confidential) |
| 2007 | Toga Group on the acquisition of the Tourism and Leisure Trust (A$23m) |
| 2006 | API and ABM Amro Capital on the merger of Clifford Hallam and Hospital Supplies of Australia (Confidential) |
| 2006 | CVC on the sale of DCA Aged Care (A$1.23bn) |
| 2006 | DCA Group management on the acquisition of DCA Group by CVC ($2.7bn) |
| 2006 | Toga Group and the formation of Toga Accommodation Fund and equity raising (A$134m) |
| 2006 | UNiTAB on its merger with Tattersall’s (A$3.8bn) |
| 2006 | UNiTAB on its takeover approach from Tabcorp (A$2.1bn) |
| 2004 | API and ABN Amro Capital, IWPE and management on the sale of New Clicks to API (A$112m) |
| 2004 | UNiTAB on its acquisition of gaming machine assets from Tabcorp (A$175m) |