Sep 1, 2026 – 3.33pmBuyers looking to pluck companies off the bourse are increasingly opting for takeovers paired with tactics designed to pile pressure onto targets, law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer says.In an interview with Street Talk outlining their predictions for public mergers and acquisitions, HSFK partners Nicole Pedler and Jason Jordan said there had been an ongoing year-on-year increase in takeover bids since 2023, and they expected it to continue.Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Angira Bharadwaj is a co-editor of Street Talk. She covers IPOs, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions and other breaking news in Australia’s capital markets. Previously, she covered financial services, state, and federal politics. Send tips to @angirab.60 on encrypted messaging platform Signal.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Private equity turns up the heat with aggressive takeover tactics
M&A lawyers are seeing increasingly bolshy attempts by private companies looking to take over publicly listed targets.
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