Deal Drivers North America - HY 200729 August 2007

This report provides an analysis of North American 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 leading firms in the M&A arena: Merrill Corporation and Morrison & Foerster.

Deal Drivers provides a valuable and clear view of North American 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. Tender offers: An answer to the need for speed

5. Financial Services

6. Industrials, Manufacturing & Engineering

7. Energy, Oil & Gas

8. Consumer

9. Technology

10. Media

11. Telecom

12. Life Sciences & Healthcare

13. Canada

14. South/Southeast

15. West Coast

16. Midwest

17. About Our Sponsors

18. Contacts

19. Notes

M&A activity continued its frenetic pace in the first half of 2007, continuing the current fever for private equity backed deals. The value of combined deals was $1.04 trillion compared to the first half of 2006 and at $744bn. mergermarket considers North American deals where the target is based in the USA or Canada. The data reflects deal activity up to July 1, 2007. Private equity, strong in 2006, moved to the front of the pack in 2007, buying companies totalling more than $440bn. Five of the top ten deals were private equity backed, versus three strategics. Altria’s long awaited spin-off of Kraft took the number one spot value wise, and the Dolan family’s buyout of New York-based Cablevision came in eighth at $22.5bn.

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