Global trends in consumer and retail M&A 2013
15 May, 2013
Squire Sanders report reveals continued North American dominance, strong emerging markets and retail private equity boost (London) – Squire Sanders has published its latest report on global M&A trends, Consumer and Retail 2013, produced in partnership with Mergermarket. The report charts and analyses M&A activity in those sectors worldwide in 2012-13, and features a spotlight…
Italy’s Renewable Energy Sector continues to attract investors, according to Mergermarket
09 May, 2013
Milan/London – Thursday, 9 May, 2013 – Today, all eyes are going to be on the renewable energy sector in Italy. M&A trends in the region are going to be highlighted by Mergermarket, the leading M&A and data provider owned by the Financial Times, participating at the second edition of the Green Investor Day, held…
Mergermarket highlights Global M&A Trends at Second Annual Investment Meeting
30 April, 2013
Dubai – 30 April, 2013 – Mergermarket, an independent mergers and acquisitions intelligence and data service, today participates in the second Annual Investment Meeting. AIM is a well-established international event, well placed to cater to the needs of fast growing developing economies. While the world continues to grapple an economic crisis, Emerging Markets continue to…
Mergermarket Releases Energy, Mining & Utilities Asia-Pacific M&A Round-up
26 April, 2013
Hong Kong – – Mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A data and intelligence service, released its latest report on Energy, Mining and Utilities Asia-Pacific M&A Round-up year-to-date. A full copy of the report can be found here and highlights of the report can be found below: Year-to-Date Overview Asia-Pacific has seen a total of US$ 21bn-worth of…
Mergermarket’s Middle Eastern M&A Forum examines trends in the region
24 April, 2013
Mergermarket’s Middle Eastern M&A Forum examines trends in the region Dubai – 24 April, 2013 – Mergermarket, an independent mergers and acquisitions intelligence and data service, today hosts its second full-day Middle Eastern M&A forum in Dubai. According to Mergermarket, the Energy, Mining & Utilities sector was the most active sector behind Technology, Media and…
Mergermarket Releases Global M&A Round-up for PR Advisors for Q1 2013
14 April, 2013
London/New York/Hong Kong – – Mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A data and intelligence service, released its Q1 2013 league tables for PR advisers for Global M&A Round-up. A full copy of the report can be found here and highlights of the report can be found below: Global: This year began with Q1 deal value (US$…
Iberian Lawyer and Mergermarket as support bring together a selected group of finance and legal experts at the 3rd Edition of Africa Forum in London
11 April, 2013
‘Investment Frontiers: Angola and Mozambique’ ─ to examine trends in the region London– The appetite for investments in projects, energy and infrastructure in Africa has not decreased despite the economic downturn. Iberian Lawyer brings over 80 experts from the banking, finance and legal sector at Chatham House, London, to discuss the current opportunities and challenges…
Mergermarket releases Global M&A Round-up of Financial Advisors for Q1 2013
02 April, 2013
London/New York/Hong Kong – – Mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A data and intellience service, released its Q1 2013 league tables for financial advisers for Global M&A Round-up. A full copy of the report can be found here and highlights of the report can be found below: – JPMorgan leads the financial advisor league table…
Mergermarket’s Renewable Energy M&A forum examines investment trends
21 March, 2013
London – Mergermarket, an independent mergers and acquisitions intelligence and data service, today hosts its annual renewable energy M&A forum in London. The event brings together corporates, investors, lenders and advisers to discuss risk appetite among bank lenders and equity investors. Discussion topics of the event will include: • Is renewable energy policy weakening in…
Primary deals under the spotlight at the 4th Mergermarket German M&A and Private Equity forum
12 March, 2013
Primary deals under the spotlight at the 4th mergermarket German M&A and Private Equity forum London/Düsseldorf – mergermarket, an independent mergers and acquisitions intelligence and data service, today hosts its latest German M&A and Private Equity Forum in Düsseldorf. German dealmakers are confident of a rise in M&A deal volumes this year in a domestic…
mergermarket press release: Chinese companies closing deals ahead of German firms
12 March, 2013
Chinese companies closing deals ahead of German firms London/Düsseldorf – mergermarket, an independent mergers and acquisitions intelligence and data service, today hosts its latest German M&A and Private Equity Forum in Düsseldorf. Cross-border M&A in Germany remains a key feature in the market, with both Chinese acquisitions of Mittelstand companies and outbound M&A into high-growth…
mergermarket Press Release: Deal Drivers 2012 EMEA
20 February, 2013
Deal-flow is picking up, according to mergermarket 2012 Deal Drivers EMEA London–A lull in European dealmaking in the first nine months of 2012 was offset by a surge of M&A in the fourth quarter, with volumes up by 5.4% and value up by 88.9%. mergermarket, the leading M&A intelligence and data provider, owned by the…
Italian buyout market hangs in the balance until election day
12 February, 2013
Italian buyout market hangs in the balance until election day London/Milan –– Despite a fiery political climate ahead of Italy’s parliamentary elections, domestic buyouts have surged 125% to hit EUR 1.2bn so far in 2013 compared to the same period last year. The boost in value largely stems from CVC finalizing a EUR 1.13bn buyout…
The Financial Times and mergermarket Announce 2012 Americas M&A Awards
07 February, 2013
New York – February 7, 2013 – The Financial Times and mergermarket, the leading provider of forward-looking M&A news and intelligence for M&A professionals and corporates around the world, named the top dealmakers of the Americas with its annual M&A awards. Honors were given out to the best corporate and private equity deals, as well…
mergermarket Press Release: Virgin Media bid is multiple M&A record breaker
06 February, 2013
London – Wednesday – 6 February 2013 – Liberty Global’s proposed USD 23.3bn acquisition of Virgin Media – the largest media mega-deal in Europe on mergermarket record – outweighs all global media deals post-financial crisis and would be the largest acquisition to be made in 2013. mergermarket’s media correspondent Sofia Cerqueira comments: “Liberty Global’s John…
mergermarket Releases Regional M&A Round-up for Year-End 2012 for APAC
17 January, 2013
Hong Kong, CN – mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A media service, today released its Year-End 2012 regional M&A roundup for Asia-Pacific. Please see below report links: Australia Australia MA Round Up Q4 2012 Japan Japan MA Round Up Q4 2012 (English) Japan MA Round Up Q4 2012 (Japanese) South Korea South Korea MA Round Up Q4 2012 (English)…
mergermarket Releases Global M&A Round-up of PR Advisers for Q1-Q4 2012
16 January, 2013
Hong Kong, CN – mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A media service, today released its Q4 2012 global M&A roundup of PR Advisors. Please see the report Global Global M&A in 2012 (US$ 2,243.8bn) was on par with 2011 (US$ 2,243.9bn). H2 (US$ 1,222.1bn) was up 19.6% on H1 (US$ 1,021.7bn) Q4’s US$ 737.2bn-worth of deals, the highest…
mergermarket Releases Regional M&A Round-up for Year-End 2012 for EMEA
15 January, 2013
London– mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A data and intelligence service, released its Year-End 2012 regional M&A round-up press releases for EMEA. Please see below report links: Turkey France CIS Nordic Africa Germanic UK
mergermarket releases Global M&A Round-up for Legal Advisers for year end 2012
14 January, 2013
London/New York/Hong Kong – Friday, 11 January 2013 -mergermarket, an independent & proprietary M&A data and intelligence service, released its year end 2012 league tables for legal advisers for Global M&A Round-up. Highlights can be found below: Global M&A in 2012 (US$ 2,243.8bn) was on par with 2011 (US$ 2,243.9bn) mergermarket Heat Charts reveal TMT…
mergermarket Releases Global M&A Round-up of Financial Advisers for Year-End 2012
02 January, 2013
02 January 2013 London/New York/Hong Kong – 2 January 2013 – mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A data and intellience service, released its year end 2012 league tables for financial advisers for Global M&A Round-up. A full copy of the report can be found here and highlights of the report can be found below: Eurozone…
Alliance of M&A Advisors and mergermarket Announce Strategic Alliance for 2013 AM&AA Global Conference
06 December, 2012
Chicago and New York – December 6, 2012 – The Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors® (AM&AA), the premier international organization serving the educational and resource needs of the middle market M&A profession, and mergermarket, is the leading provider of forward-looking M&A news and intelligence for M&A professionals and corporates around the world, today announced…
M&A Leadership Council Announces Partnership with mergermarket
04 December, 2012
DALLAS – December 4, 2012 – The M&A Leadership Council today announced that mergermarket, the leading global M&A media service, has joined the Council as strategic partner. The M&A Leadership Council is dedicated to identifying best practices, establishing standards for training and certification and providing methods, tools and expertise to the M&A community. mergermarket is…
mergermarket Releases Regional M&A Roundup for Q1 – Q3 2012
16 October, 2012
Hong Kong, CN – mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A media service, today released its Q3 2012 regional M&A roundup for Asia-Pacific. Please see below report links: Australia Australia MA Round Up Q3 2012 Japan Japan MA Round Up Q3 2012 (English) Japan MA Round Up Q3 2012 (Japanese) South Korea Korea MA Round Up Q3 2012 (English)…
mergermarket Releases Global M&A Round-up of PR Advisers for Q1-Q3 2012
15 October, 2012
New York, NY – mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A media service, today released its Q1-Q3 2012 Global M&A Round-up of PR advisers. A full copy of the report can be found here and highlights of the report can be found below: Q3 2012 global M&A at US$ 461bn, down 16.1% from Q2 2012 Q1-Q3 2012 totals…
mergermarket Releases Global M&A Round-up of Legal Advisers for Q1-Q3 2012
08 October, 2012
New York, NY – mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A media service, today released its Q1-Q3 2012 Global M&A Round-up of legal advisers. A full copy of the report can be found here and highlights of the report can be found below: Global M&A in Q1-Q3 2012 down 17.4% compared to same period last year…
mergermarket Releases Global M&A Round-up of Financial Advisers for Q1-Q3 2012
02 October, 2012
New York, NY – mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A media service, today released its Q1-Q3 2012 Global M&A Round-up of financial advisers. A full copy of the report can be found here and highlights of the report can be found below: Global M&A in Q1-Q3 2012 down 19.4% compared to same period last year •…
mergermarket Releases H1 2012 PR Adviser League Tables
10 July, 2012
Highlights of the H1 2012 PR League Tables include: Global M&A in H1 2012 at US$ 968.5bn, down 18.3% on same period last year Q2 2012 total of US$ 536.3bn, reverses five consecutive quarterly declines US H1 2012 M&A activity lowest half-year total since 2003 Brunswick Group tops global PR advisers league table A full…
mergermarket Releases H1 2012 Global M&A Round-Up of Legal Advisers
05 July, 2012
Highlights of the report include: Global M&A in H1 2012 falls 21.6% compared to same period last year • Q2 2012 total of US$ 494.9bn, reverses five consecutive quarterly declines • Third-lowest first-half total since H1 2004 Clifford Chance tops global legal advisory league table by deal value for H1 2012 • Clifford Chance beats…
mergermarket Releases Global M&A Round-Up for H1 2012
02 July, 2012
Highlights of the report include: Global M&A in H1 2012 falls 21.4% compared to same period last year • US$ 931.4bn of M&A equal to a 21.4% decline on H1 2011 • Q2 2012 total of US$ 494.9bn, reverses five consecutive quarterly declines • Third-lowest first-half total since H1 2004 Goldman Sachs tops global advisory…
mergermarket Releases Exclusive M&A Spotlight on Latin America
07 June, 2012
Latin America’s M&A, Private Equity and IPO Markets Have Shown Relative Resilience Despite Global Slowdown NEW YORK, NY- Jun 7, 2012 – mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A media service, today released an M&A Spotlight report focusing on Latin America. The report takes a look at merger and acquisition trends in Latin American countries, including…
mergermarket’s and dealReporter’s newly launched ECM platform to provide actionable live news and origination content
29 May, 2012
Hong Kong – Tuesday, 29 May 2012- mergermarket and dealReporter are excited to announce a new service offering that provides unparalleled coverage of Asia Pacific equity capital markets. The offering covers an extensive range of live IPOs, follow-on offerings, block trades, convertible bonds and other ECM deals in markets across the region, producing up-to-the minute…
mergermarket Releases Latin America M&A Round-Up for Q1 2012
20 April, 2012
Highlights from the report include the following: Third consecutive quarter decline in Latin America’s M&A activity Latin America M&A activity declined for the third consecutive quarter during Q1 2012, with an aggregate 118 deals worth US$ 20.1bn. Compared to the same period in 2011 (157 deals worth US$ 39.6bn), M&A dipped 49.2% by deal value.…
High level of German insolvencies seen as European bellwether
19 April, 2012
London, 19 April 2012 – This year is on course to see the highest number of insolvencies, and subsequent takeovers of German companies, since the financial crisis took hold in 2008, according to mergermarket data. The first quarter saw 16 such deals take place. Previous years saw levels around the mid-50s, peaking at 59 in…
mergermarket Releases Q1 2012 League Tables for Global PR Advisers
11 April, 2012
Highlights of the press release include: US$ 419.3bn in global M&A, down 30.6% on Q1 2011 Fifth consecutive quarterly decline Europe the only region to show a quarter-on-quarter increase RLM Finsbury tops global PR advisory league table Please click here to download the full press release.
mergermarket Releases Q1 2012 League Tables for Global Legal Advisers
10 April, 2012
Highlights from the press release include: Global M&A falls 30.3% compared to Q1 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer tops global advisory league table Asia-Pacific deals at lowest level since Q3 2009 Europe only region to show quarterly increase US activity down sharply Private equity buyouts account for 10.2% of global M&A Private equity exit premiums at…
mergermarket Releases Q1 2012 League Tables for Global FA Advisers
02 April, 2012
Highlights from the press release include: Global M&A falls 31.2% compared to Q1 2011 Goldman Sachs tops global advisory league table Asia-Pacific deals at lowest level since Q3 2009 Europe only region to show quarterly increase Private equity buyouts account for 10.3% of global M&A Global M&A did not have a bright start to 2012…
mergermarket to host Israeli dealmakers in San Francisco
29 February, 2012
Event to address trends in Israeli M&A and opportunities for cross-border collaboration Tel Aviv/San Francisco - mergermarket, an independent mergers and acquisitions intelligence service, is proud to host in association with Herzog Fox Neeman (HFN) and the California Israel Chamber of Commerce an event examining cross-border opportunities between the United States West Coast and Israel. In…
mergermarket and Merrill DataSite Publish 2011 Deal Drivers, EMEA
14 February, 2012
M&A outlook varied across the EMEA region as businesses continue to be affected by the sovereign debt crisis and ongoing instability London, 14 February 2012: The full-year 2011 edition of EMEA Deal Drivers, published by mergermarket in association with Merrill DataSite, provides an extensive review of M&A activity in the EMEA region, offering a detailed…
League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A for Year End 2011
13 January, 2012
mergermarket Announces Year End 2011 League Tables of Legal Advisers Sullivan & Cromwell tops the global M&A legal advisory tables by value New York - January 13, 2012 - mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A intelligence and data service, today announced its findings for the Year End 2011 Global Legal Adviser League Tables. Highlights from the report…
Financial Times and mergermarket Announce 2011 Americas M&A Awards
10 January, 2012
Financial Times and mergermarket Announce 2011 Americas M&A Awards Corporate Deal of the Year awarded to Express Scripts and Medco Health Private Equity Deal of the Year awarded to Blackstone buyout New York - January 10, 2012 - The Financial Times and mergermarket today announced the winners for their 2011 Americas M&A Awards. The winners were based…
mergermarket Announces Most Active U.S. Cities for M&A for Q1-Q3 2011
06 December, 2011
New York City Leads In Both Value and Deal Count for Overall M&A ActivityNew York - mergermarket, an independent and proprietary M&A intelligence service, today published its data findings in regards to the most active cities for M&A in the U.S. Today’s report is the first of its kind. mergermarket publishes quarterly league tables for financial,…
League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A for Q1-Q3 2011
06 October, 2011
mergermarket’s Q1-Q3 2011 League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A Sullivan & Cromwell tops the legal adviser rankings Global M&A up 21.8% in Q1-Q3 2011 Global M&A for the first three quarters of 2011 totalled US$ 1,723bn, up 21.8% from the same period in 2010 (US$ 1,414.4bn). US$ 513.9bn-worth of deals were announced globally…
League Tables of Financial Advisers to Global M&A for Q1-Q3 2011
03 October, 2011
mergermarket Announces Q1-Q3 2011 League Tables of Financial Advisers to Global M&A Highlights of the report are listed below: -Global M&A up 21.5% in Q1-Q3 2011 -US M&A continued to slide in Q3 2011 -Emerging Market M&A down for three consecutive quarters -Private equity buyouts strongest since Q1-Q3 2008 -Industrials & Chemicals top sector in…
League Tables of Legal Advisers for Global M&A for H1 2011
07 July, 2011
mergermarket’s H1 2011 League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A Sullivan & Cromwell tops the H1 2011 legal adviser rankings Global M&A up 30.5% from H1 2010 US M&A down in Q2 2011 after a strong Q1; H1 2011 remains strong nevertheless Sullivan & Cromwell tops the legal advisers table by value Private equity…
League Tables of Financial Advisers to Global M&A for H1 2011
01 July, 2011
mergermarket Announces H1 2011 League Tables of Financial Advisers to Global M&A Global M&A up 28% from H1 2010 US M&A down in Q2 2011 after a strong Q1; H1 2011 remains strong nevertheless European M&A stands at US$ 391.7bn, an increase of 57.5% compared to H1 2010 (US$ 248.7bn) and the busiest H1 period…
mergermarket’s Q1 2011 League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A
07 April, 2011
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz tops the Q1 2011 legal adviser rankings Global M&A up 32.7% from Q1 2010 US M&A up 87.3% in biggest quarter for M&A in nearly four years Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz tops global rankings for Q1 for the first time Private equity buyouts up 74% from the same period…
League Tables of Financial Advisers to Global M&A for Q1 2011
01 April, 2011
mergermarket publishes M&A Round-up for Q1 2011 Global M&A up 28.9% from Q1 2010 US M&A up 85.1 % in biggest quarter for M&A in nearly four years JP Morgan tops global rankings for Q1 for the first time since 2004 Cross-boarder M&A at highest levels for Q1 since 2008 Energy, Mining & Utilities most…
League Tables for Legal Advisers to Global M&A for Year End 2010
13 February, 2011
mergermarket Releases League Tables for Legal Advisers to Global M&A for Year End 2010 For a copy of the full report, please click here.
League Tables for PR Advisers to Global M&A for Year End 2010
19 January, 2011
mergermarket Releases League Tables for PR Advisers to Global M&A for Year End 2010 For a copy of the full report, please click here.
mergermarket publishes Year End 2010 League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A Round-up
13 January, 2011
Highlights: Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates tops the 2010 legal adviser rankings Global M&A up 25% from 2009 Strongest year for private equity buyouts since 2007 Cross-border deal flow up 73% from 2009 Most active year by value for emerging markets M&A Average EBITDA multiples highest since 2008 Drop in mega…
