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Mergers and Acquisition Landscape in Australia
Global Trends, Local Impact

With the Australian Dollar having stabilised after seeing a round of devaluation in late 2015 and early 2016, this year has seen an increase mergers and acquisitions Australia activity, especially from International companies looking to enter Australian and Asian markets. The Deloitte M&A Index 2016 reports that

“The weak Australian dollar has given a boost to inbound M&A into Australia and domestic deals in Asia-Pacific have been the highest in over a decade, to totaling $851 billion and largely led by China.” Read the full report here

An unintended consequence of USA tax policy is that America’s biggest companies are holding about $1.4 trillion in cash offshore to avoid paying billions in U.S. taxes

This policy has encouraged some firms including Apple (AAPL, Tech30), Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) and Google (GOOGL, Tech30) — to hold huge amounts of cash overseas. As a result many cash-rich USA technology companies are using M&A as a tactic to deploy this excess capital.

Undertaking Mergers and Acquisitions in Australia

Mergers and acquisitions Australia involve a process that requires commercial, legal, tax, due diligence and administrative expertise.

Most successful M&A transactions in Australia requires one or more of the parties to use M&A advisors to can guide the entire process of the M&A with the result being a seamless and legally compliant transition event.
Australian Competition Law
The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 has a range of statutory provisions that govern the most aspects of M&A activity in Australia. If you are a company operating outside Australia and you want to acquire one in Australia, chances are that you may be unaware of the provisions in the Australian competition law governing M&A Australia.

Jacanda Capital is an advisory group skilled in carrying out M&A Australia activity. As an M&A advisor in Australia, Jacanda Capital has entered into a strategic alliance with San Francisco-based Atlas Technology group, to provide strategic investment advisory services to Australian companies, especially those in the technological sector.

Jacanda Capital specialises in M&A in the media, telecommunications, software and the technology sectors. Working as an M&A advisor in Sydney, members of the Jacanda Capital team have advised companies in over 100 transactions with a combined value of over $4.5 bn. Jacanda Capital is an M&A advisor in Sydneylicensed under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to offer financial advisory services operating within the wholesale financial sector in Australia.