This is the definitive crib sheet to see what is happening in global M&A. This edition comprises of over 200 pages of comment, data and statistics on the key issues in key M&A territories.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Consolidation in the Italian rail freight sector
3. Not dead yet... Financial Services M&A in North America
4. Nordic bakery sector continues a period of consolidation
5. M&A in the UK self storage sector
6. North America
7. Latin America
8. Asia-Pacific
9. China
10. Japan
11. Australia
12. Europe
13. UK
14. Germany
15. France
16. Italy
17. Benelux
18. Iberia
19. Nordic
20. CEE/CIS
21. Russia
Telecoms are active as half year approaches June is shaping up to be a bumper month for M&A, with several large scale deals being announced recently. The largest deal originates from China and involves China Unicom, the Hong Kong listed telecommunication operator, merging with a competitor, China Netcom Group, in a deal worth €19bn. There is much activity in the Chinese telecoms sector as a result of the recent state-ordered restructuring of the sector..
The shake-up is largely aimed at creating greater competition in a market dominated by market leader China Mobile, which currently has 70% of mobile subscribers in the market. The government ordered the merger between Unicom and Netcom, and in early June just after the deal was announced, share prices slid despite the restructuring being largely expected in the market. Coming months and years will see how successful the government’s efforts at stoking competition in the telcom sector prove.
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April 29, 2010, Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo, Brazil