King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is proud to sit atop both Mergermarket and Bloomberg’s M&A League Tables at the end of Q3 for 2024.
A summary of our rankings include:
- #1 for M&A Australia & New Zealand, Mergermarket and Bloomberg (deal value)
- #1 for M&A Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Mergermarket (deal value)
These results are a culmination of transactions KWM has advised on across Australia & New Zealand with a value of US$29.5B. Across Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), the firm advised on transactions with a combined value of US$40.1B.
Commenting on the results M&A Practice Co-Leader David Eliakim said:
“Whilst 2024 has presented a challenging market for deal-making, our M&A team was proud to play a key role in some of the year’s biggest M&A deals including Blackstone’s $24bn acquisition of AirTrunk – Australia’s biggest M&A deal so far in 2024. It has also been fantastic to close a number of complex cross-border public M&A deals including Renesas’ successful $9 billion acquisition of Altium and Alcoa's US$2.8bn acquisition of Alumina.”
Building on the firm’s outstanding recognition in the market, KWM also recently won “Mid-Market M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” at the Mergermarket M&A Awards Australia 2024.
Further commenting on the results M&A Practice Co-Leader Rachael Lewis said:
“These significant public and private M&A deals reflect deal-making appetite in the Energy, Resources and Mining sectors and the Data and Tech space – two noteworthy sectors we expect to see deal-making activity continue in for the remainder of the year.
“It’s also important to note that these results are not only a reflection of big deals but also a commitment that is recognised by the market for our excellence in the middle of the market as well. We thank our clients for continuing to trust us on these deals – these terrific results aren’t possible without their partnership”.
