Top mergers and acquisitions in Asia-Pacific in 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition involving Asia-Pacific in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 17 deals involving Asia-Pacific in 2026, 15 of them with a disclosed value, worth $54.3bn in total. The largest was Gold Fields's $27.1bn abandoned bid for Northern Star Resources, ahead of EQT Infrastructure and Cleanaway Waste Management at $6.6bn.
Top mergers and acquisitions in Asia-Pacific in 2026
- 128 SeptGold Fields → Northern Star ResourcesNorthern Star rebuffs Gold Fields' $27bn takeover approachMiningTerminated$27.1bn
- 212 OctEQT Infrastructure → Cleanaway Waste ManagementCleanaway gives EQT another week to firm up A$9.4bn buyoutIndustrials / Waste managementIn talks$6.6bn
- 31 OctTransurban → CPP Investments' stakes in Sydney toll roads (M7/NorthConnex, WestConnex)Transurban agrees A$4.5bn buyout of CPP's Sydney toll-road stakesInfrastructureAgreed$3.1bn
- 430 SeptSoftBank Group → DigitalBridge GroupSoftBank completes $3.1bn DigitalBridge takeoverFinancials / Digital infrastructureCompleted$3.1bn
- 515 SeptBrookfield Asset Management → Reliance WorldwideReliance Worldwide backs Brookfield's $2.9bn buyoutIndustrials / Building productsAgreed$2.9bn
- 69 OctENEOS Holdings → Chevron Asia-Pacific downstream businessesSingapore regulator weighs ENEOS's purchase of Chevron refinery stakeEnergy / Refining and fuels marketingIn review$2.2bn
- 75 OctShionogi → IntraBioShionogi to buy IntraBio for about $2bnHealthcare / PharmaAgreed$2bn
- 815 SeptGrab → Atome Financial (60%)Grab to buy 60% of Atome for $1.49bnFinancials / FintechAgreed$1.5bn
- 95 OctNippon Paint → AkzoNobel decorative paints (7 APAC markets)Nippon Paint buys AkzoNobel's Asia decorative paints arm for $1.35bnIndustrials / ChemicalsAgreed$1.4bn
- 109 OctToho Holdings → PHC HoldingsToho walks away from US$1.3bn PHC takeoverHealthcare / Medical devices and diagnosticsTerminated$1.3bn
- 112 OctNiterra → Denso spark plug and exhaust gas sensor businessesNiterra drops ¥180.6bn deal for Denso spark plug businessAutomotive componentsTerminated$1.1bn
- 1214 SeptSG Fleet / ORIX / Sumitomo consortium (competing bidders) → FleetPartners GroupJapanese bidders lead FleetPartners auctionFinancials / Fleet leasingIn talks$700m
- 131 OctCarlyle → Nidec ComponentsNidec sells components unit to Carlyle for ¥103bnIndustrials / ElectronicsAgreed$650m
- 1422 SeptBlackstone → IDP EducationIDP Education rebuffs Blackstone's A$695m approachEducation servicesTerminated$490m
- 1510 SeptMBK Partners → SharingtechnologyMBK launches ¥37bn take-private bid for SharingtechnologyConsumer services / InternetAnnounced$240m
- 1630 SeptHanwha Life Insurance & Centroid Investment Partners → Acuon Group (Acuon Capital / Acuon Savings Bank)EQT sells Korea's Acuon to Hanwha Life consortiumFinancialsAgreedUndisclosed
- 179 OctPAG → Evergrande Property Services Group (51.016% stake)PAG in exclusive talks for control of Evergrande's property services armReal estate / Property managementIn talksUndisclosed