Mergermarket M&A Forum Australia 2024

The premier M&A forum in Australia

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The Mergermarket M&A Forum Australia successfully took place in Sydney and online on 15 October. The event brought together over 535 private market professionals including 140+ corporates representing 275+ different organisations from 17 geographies.

The conference, which focused on of the latest trends and opportunities available for those pursuing Australian M&A amidst ongoing geopolitical, economic and regulatory challenge included keynote sessions featuring Deborah Johns, Partner at Gilbert + Tobin interviewing Chris Tinning, First Assistant Secretary, Foreign Investment Division at The Treasury, and Kathryn Young Head of Investments at Cambooya interviewing Shaun Manuell, Head of Australian Equities at AustralianSuper.

The forum also featured leading executives from Orica, Brookfield, Morgan Stanley, Pacific Equity Partners, Origin Energy, IFM Investors, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Capital and Wisetech Global speaking on a number of well-researched topics including how the market will fare in 2025 against a backdrop of macro-economic and political uncertainty, the factors continuing to drive cross-border dealmaking in the region, the impact of social media and news on M&A, the rise of activist investors, the sectors private market fund managers are betting on to outperform and the outlook for deals and valuations in the tech space.

The Mergermarket M&A Forum Australia returns to Sydney in October 2025.

2024 Forum Demographics

535+
Delegates
34
Speakers
275+
Organisations
140+
Corporate investors
17
Geographies

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