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Digital Infrastructure – the cell towers, data centers, fiber and small cells that power our wireless and mobile data – is one of the fastest growing investment sectors today. New technologies such as 5G and IoT have put...more
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) unlock growth, diversification, and a stronger global stance for businesses. These strategic moves enable firms from different nations to blend resources, making way into new...more
APAC investors continue to seek out high-growth assets across the continent despite a global slowdown in M&A activity - High inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and an uncertain macroeconomic outlook precipitated a...more
Blick auf den Markt und die bedeutendsten Transaktionen - Die Analyse öffentlicher Übernahmen im Jahr 2023 erscheint auf den ersten Blick wie eine Blaupause des Vorjahres. Die bereits 2022 festgestellten Trends bestätigten...more
The global fintech industry has been buffeted by market headwinds in the last two years, with high inflation, volatile valuations and macroeconomic uncertainty inhibiting investor appetite in the still-young sector. Though...more
In a difficult M&A market, deal flow between Mexico and Spain has continued to deliver opportunities for dealmakers in both jurisdictions. Both markets have faced challenges over the past 12 months, with rising interest...more
Please join Mayer Brown partners Tameem Zainulbhai, Joanna Nicholas, Melissa Kilcoyne, Evan DeCresce and Jim Antonopoulos for a discussion on What to Expect in 2024 in the fields of structured finance and securitization. They...more
Key Points - - While interest rates, uncertainty and other factors negatively impacted deal activity in 2023, we saw a steady flow of carve-outs, spin-offs and joint ventures that offered creative ways to achieve strategic...more
M&A, debt finance and investment fund actors seek alternative routes to dealmaking in the face of a dim macroeconomic outlook - The past two years have witnessed significant geopolitical fracturing and macroeconomic...more
Welcome to our year-end edition of M&A Insights, where we preview some of the themes we expect to shape deal-making over the next 12 months. Continued volatility in the debt markets has resulted in another subdued year for...more
Ongoing uncertainty hampers dealmaking in second quarter of the year, but mining megadeals and the race for clean energy offer a ray of hope. Global dealmakers had a lot to contend with in the second quarter of this year....more
Against the odds, dealmakers put in a solid performance in 2022, but this year has seen a slow start as buyers in the US M&A market clamor for much needed regulatory clarity - Global M&A markets gave both optimists and...more
Private equity (PE) deal activity shrinks as buyer and vendor pricing expectations widen and rising interest rates drive significant tightening in acquisition finance markets - PE managers endured a testing year in 2022 as...more
After two years of pandemic caution and amid perpetually increasing valuations, growing piles of dry powder and pent-up investment willpower, 2021 exploded in a global deal frenzy unrivaled in the past decade. On the heels of...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK Payment Systems Regulator’s proposals on mandatory reimbursement for APP fraud; the Central Bank of Ireland’s announcement of a review of the Consumer...more
Following on from two robust first quarters, global M&A activity succumbed to prolonged market uncertainty in the third quarter. A total of 5,163 deals worth a total of US$731.3 billion changed hands during the quarter...more
While global dealmaking in Q1 was down from a blockbuster 2021, there are signs deal activity could pick up later in the year - Following a record-breaking year for dealmaking, 2022 has had a relatively slow start. A total...more
Despite a drop on the previous quarter, Q3 2021 global M&A value represented the strongest Q3 on Mergermarket record - The third quarter is usually a sleepy one for M&A—but not so this year. A total of US$1.4 trillion in...more
After deal activity stagnated in H1, the third quarter offers some hope for dealmakers, as deal volume and value surpass Q3 2019. A total of US$896.3 billion in M&A deals transacted in the third quarter—an impressive 141%...more
A series of exit megadeals doubled the value recorded in Q3 2019, while global buyout activity lost momentum, growing more modestly in the third quarter. Global PE activity in Q3 reflected an unpredictable year for...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, global M&A value dropped to the lowest half-yearly total since H1 2010. The first six months of 2020 has registered a massive drop in M&A activity. The total value of deals announced in...more
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, total buyout volume in the first half of 2020 dropped 23% annually, while value fell 30%—less than half the rate of decline of overall M&A. Private equity buyout activity, especially primary...more
COVID-19 has put dealmaking in the already disrupted retail industry under further strain. Some retailers, however, have proven resilient and those that survive will see opportunity to vertically integrate supply chains and...more
M&A professionals greeted 2019 with a note of caution. Following a strong year for M&A in 2018, optimism was tempered by concerns over increased market volatility, trade disputes, rising interest rates and global political...more