Despite prevailing headwinds in wider M&A markets, take-private deal flow across EMEA sustained robust levels of activity as dealmakers jumped at opportunities to buy listed companies at attractive valuations -
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3/5/2025
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Buyouts ,
Capital Markets ,
EMEA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Take-Private Transactions
Aggregate global buyout value dipped sharply in the second half of 2022 reverting to pre-pandemic levels—the first three months of 2023, however, have seen an uptick in volume...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
M&A activity in Western Europe surged in Q3 on the back of strong PE interest and low UK stock prices -
Dealmaking in Western Europe reached a post-crisis record in the third quarter of the year as dealmaker confidence...more
11/9/2021
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Bids ,
Buyouts ,
Capital Markets ,
Debt Market ,
EU ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
UK
After four quarters in a row of exceptionally high PE activity, Q3 2021 has continued the trend, recording the highest value and volume of any third quarter on record -
The summer months of July and August typically mean...more
The global response to the pandemic, including unprecedented vaccine rollouts, appears to have energized the private equity industry. The second quarter of 2021 saw the highest value figure on record: US$418.3 billion...more
PE activity in Western Europe may have dipped in 2019 but this is not the full picture. Buyout activity remains impressive, although exits subsided as PE funds focused on purchases instead of sales.
Western Europe had a...more
1/29/2020
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Buyouts ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Going-Private Transactions ,
London Stock Exchange ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPEs) ,
Secondary Buyouts ,
Stock Markets ,
UK ,
UK Brexit