Allens has advised Anglican Community Services (Anglicare) on its proposed acquisition of aged care provider Infinite Care, announced on 2 March 2026.
The transaction will see Infinite Care become part of Anglicare's residential aged care platform and is expected to create a leading national, for‑purpose aged care provider. It will establish a national platform of approximately 4600 beds across 42 homes in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia with approximately 7000 staff.
‘We are seeing strong transaction activity across retirement living and aged care as investors and operators seek scale, capital certainty and operational resilience,' said co-lead partner Adrian Amer.
‘Anglicare's acquisition of Infinite Care reflects the growing strategic importance of high‑quality, mission‑aligned platforms that are well positioned to deliver additional capacity to the market. It also follows a period of heightened deal activity in the sector,’ said co-lead partner Victoria Holthouse.
Allens is proud of its relationship with longstanding client Anglicare, having advised it on various real estate, environment and planning, finance and M&A transactions over many years, and on the development of its aged care and affordable housing assets across the Sydney diocese. The firm worked particularly closely with Karen Andersen (Group Executive – Legal, Risk & Governance) and Rocco Musumeci (Head of Legal) on this transaction.
Allens has extensive experience in retirement living and aged care assets. The firm last year advised: Brookfield on its $3.85 billion sale of retirement living provider Aveo to The Living Company, Australia's largest direct real estate transaction; Stonepeak on its investment in Queensland-based retirement village developer and operator Aura Holdings; and Pacific Equity Partners on its acquisition of a circa 50% equity stake in Opal Healthcare, one of Australia's largest privately owned aged care providers.
Canterbury Partners acted as financial advisor to Anglicare and Russell Kennedy assisted on aged care regulatory aspects.
Completion is expected in 1H26 subject to relevant approvals and conditions precedent.
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Adrian Amer (Co-Lead Partner), Katherine Silvers (Senior Associate), Will Brown (Senior Associate), Ganesh Ratnasabapathy (Associate), Matthew Kynaston (Associate), Lachlan Martin (Lawyer), Ashley Younger (Lawyer), Simrin Panag (Lawyer)
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Victoria Holthouse (Co-Lead Partner), Christen Wallner (Senior Associate), Eva Pearson (Associate), Ankita Rao (Associate), Matthew Iemma (Lawyer), Isabella Waldie (Lawyer)
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Jo Folan (Partner), Louise Barbato (Senior Associate), Angelina Mihaylova (Senior Overseas Practitioner), Bronte Barber (Associate)
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Veronica Siow (Partner), Virginia Dore (Associate), Hannah Jorgensen (Associate), Hannah Woodfield (Lawyer)
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Rebecca Pleming (Relationship Partner), Emily Johnstone (Partner), Rosanne Meurling (Counsel), Rebecca Richie (Managing Associate), Katherine McLellan (Senior Associate), Lydia Watson-Moore (Senior Associate), Irene Gallagher (Associate), Kate Butler (Associate), Matt Dutaillis (Lawyer), Sam Salter (Lawyer)
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