Mergers & Acquisitions Transaction of the Year Award 

Previous Winners of the M&A Transaction (up to and including 2012: M&A House) of the Year: 

• 2025 Management Buyout of NPD Retail
  Lead Financial Advisor: PwC NZ

• 2024 NZ$260m sale of Eastland Network, to First Gas/Igneo Infrastructure Partners
  Transactor: Eastland Group
  Financial Advisor: Forsyth Barr

• 2023 The Merger of Tourism Holdings and Apollo Tourism & Leisure 
  Acquirer: Tourism Holdings 
  Financial Adviser: Jarden

• 2022 Mercury’s NZD$797m acquisition of Tilt Renewables’ New Zealand assets 
  Joint Financial Advisers: Citigroup Global Capital Markets Australia, Forsyth Barr

• 2021 Sale of UltraFast Fibre Limited for $854m 
  Vendors: WEL Networks and Waipa Networks 
  Lead Financial Advisor: Cameron Partners

• 2020 The NZ$3.4bn sale of Vodafone NZ to Infratil and Brookfield 
  Financial Advisors: Craigs Investment Partners and Deutsche Bank

• 2019 Sale of Seequent to Accel-KKR and the subsequent Seequent acquisition of Geosoft 
  Financial Advisor: Murray & Co

• 2018 Sale of Solid Energy’s assets
  Sole Financial Adviser: Goldman Sachs

• 2017 Z Energy’s acquisition of Chevron NZ for NZD$785m
  Acquiror: Z Energy
  Financial Adviser: Goldman Sachs New Zealand Ltd

• 2016 Not awarded

• 2015 Takeover of Synlait Farms by Synlait Farms Holdings for $223 million take-over target: Synlait Farms
  Lead Financial Advisor: Cameron Partners
  Commercial Advisor: Empire Management

• 2014  EBOS Group Ltd: Acquisition of Symbion 
  Acquiror: EBOS Group Limited
  Lead Financial Advisor: UBS New Zealand Limited
  Joint Arrangers, Joint Lead Managers & Underwriters: Forsyth Barr Limited and UBS New Zealand Ltd

• 2013     Telecom Corporation NZ Ltd demerger of Chorus Ltd
  Demerge entities: Chorus Ltd and Telecom Corporation of NZ Ltd
  UFB M&A Advisor, Lead Demerger Advisor: Goldman Sachs
  UFB M&A Advisor: Cameron Partners Ltd
  Debt Demerger Advisor: Citibank N.A.
  Demerger Advisor, Board Advisor on UFB: Credit Suisse (Australia) and First NZ Capital Ltd

• 2012 First NZ Capital

• 2011 First NZ Capital 

• 2010 First NZ Capital 

• 2009 First NZ Capital Securities 

• 2008 Cameron Partners 

• 2007 First NZ Capital Securities 

• 2006 First NZ Capital