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How are dealmakers responding to an uncertain and volatile macro environment? Our latest M&A Insights report offers a global perspective on the forces shaping M&A activity, from the rising interest in the European defense...more
In Dealmaker’s Digest, read the top 10 latest developments in global transactions. We offer insights into M&A activity across industries and borders. Global M&A activity was mixed in May: aggregate deal value jumped nearly...more
In Dealmaker’s Digest, read the top 10 latest developments in global transactions. We offer insights into M&A activity across industries and borders. Global deal value in March dwarfed activity in January and February, driven...more
We are pleased to provide this twice-annual report summarising notable mergers and acquisitions activity in South and Southeast Asia, highlighting transactions over US$100 million in aggregate value. This edition features...more
In Dealmaker’s Digest, read the top 10 latest developments in global transactions. We offer insights into M&A activity across industries and borders. Annual global M&A activity in 2024 rebounded significantly from 2023’s...more
The current Italian macroeconomic picture is somewhat mixed. While the International Monetary Fund forecast Italy’s target GDP growth at 0.7 percent, just under Western Europe’s 0.9 percent, Italy’s economy minister Giancarlo...more
Private M&A in Canada had another defining year in 2024, including increased regulatory scrutiny, significant activity in certain sectors and the rise of private capital. In the latest episode of our podcast, Blakes Partners...more
During this session, the panelists discussed notable developments within the life sciences industry with a specific focus on the GLP-1 drug market and its opportunities for improvement in patient satisfaction and dosage. They...more
The string of megadeals announced in the first half of 2024 reflect a growing confidence among US dealmakers. But can the bull run be sustained? Megadeals were firmly on the agenda in H1 as more stable inflation and...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
Latham hosted our second Public M&A Day in Frankfurt, bringing together senior executives and Latham partners to discuss opportunities in the current public M&A sector. Renowned experts and prominent keynote speakers...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
Robust supply chains are vital to our closely connected global economy. Yet escalating geopolitical tensions, persistent inflation and a fragile macroeconomic outlook are presenting businesses with a fresh wave of supply...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
Global M&A was laid low by market headwinds in 2023, with a cocktail of high inflation, geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic uncertainty causing activity to slow. Mexico was no exception to this trend, with dealmaking...more
Global M&A activity continued to make slow progress in 2023, with stubbornly high interest rates and stringent financing conditions stifling market confidence. Nearly US$3.2 trillion of M&A deals were announced last year—a...more
A subdued 2023 is in the rear-view mirror but the outlook for 2024 is positive – how do Private Capital players in Australia optimise their chances of deal success in 2024? On both sides of the M&A equation – Private...more
Consolidation and alternative energy drive big-ticket energy, mining and utilities M&A - Global dealmaking in the construction and energy, mining and utilities (EMU) sectors has cooled over the course of 2023. There were...more
After a multiyear low in 2022, China’s cross-border M&A activity experienced a slow recovery in 2023. Although outbound M&A deal value and volume remained lackluster in the first half of 2023, the market overall rebounded in...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
Dealmakers across Europe were hampered by elevated core inflation rates and a darkening economic outlook in the first half of 2023. The constrained financing environment has put a check on dealmaking activity across the...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
European biotech just enjoyed its most abundant quarter in nearly two years in a tentative sign of a renaissance in the sector. There were 46 deals in Q1 2023, the second biggest year for deals in the region on Mergermarket...more
There was a clear trend toward domestic activity in Q1 2023. More than 94% of all deal value and nine of the top-ten deals were attributable to Turkish parties on the buy side, according to Mergermarket....more