Deal Drivers Europe - HY 200715 August 2007

This report provides an analysis of European M&A activity and trends for HY 2007. The market is analysed as a whole, and across eight key industry sectors. It also features advisory league tables for investment banks, law firms and PR advisers, as well as mid market practitioners.

As well as drawing on data and analysis from mergermarket's world class editorial and research teams, the report incorporates insights from a leading firm in the M&A arena: Merrill Corporation.

Deal Drivers provides a valuable and clear view of European M&A activity in the year to date, as well as expectations for the market in the future.

Table of Contents

1. Forewords

2. Heat Chart

3. All Sectors

4. Financial Services

5. Industrials

6. Energy, Mining & Utilities

7. Consumer

8. Technology, Media & Telecommunications

9. Leisure

10. Pharma, Medical & Biotech

11. Business Services

12. About Merrill

13. Notes & Contacts

European M&A in 2007 so far has been jaw-dropping. After a robust Q1, the second quarter was off the scale with €488bn in announced deals. Admittedly though, this total includes two competing bids for ABN Amro – one by Barclays and the other by an Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium. Nevertheless, even with one of these bids falling away, the quarter emphatically eclipses the €302bn registered in Q4 2006, and suggests the M&A market will continue to burn bright into the second half of 2007. At the same time, while deal volume trended downwards on H1 2006, it but by only 5% from 2,938 to 2,787...

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