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Brexit uncertainty shackles H1 M&A, private equity forges blithely on

Research & Data Public M&A Corporate United Kingdom

9th July 2019

Brexit uncertainty shackles H1 M&A, private equity forges blithely on

Brexit sentiment largest influence on UK dealmakers
Inbound foreign investment less than half of 1H18 figure
Private equity take-private deals on the increase

Activists to increase pressure on UK’s “country club boards”

Public M&A Corporate

28th June 2019

Activists to increase pressure on UK’s “country club boards”

Activist investors are increasingly likely to put pressure on closely-knit “country club boards” in UK companies, two activist investors told the audience at the Mergermarket Corporate Development Summit in London this week.

Research & Data Dealspeak Industrials & Chemicals Macro Views Corporate France

7th June 2019

France falling flat on Fiat fallout?

France’s political volte face – apparently at the heart of the collapse of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] and Groupe Renault [EPR:RNO] tie-up – has added to the maelstrom of confusion for European M&A practitioners hoping to navigate waves of populism and economic nationalism.

New world order unsettles Nordic market but creates room for M&A –Mergermarket Stockholm 2019 Forum

Public M&A Private Equity Macro Views IPOs Corporate Nordic Event Research & Data

18th April 2019

New world order unsettles Nordic market but creates room for M&A –Mergermarket Stockholm 2019 Forum

Despite suffering its slowest start to a year since 2013, dealmakers at the tenth Mergermarket Nordic M&A and Private Equity Forum in Stockholm are confident that a strong year of Nordic M&A lies ahead, Hanna Gezelius and Jonathan Klonowski report.

18th July 2017

CMS European M&A Study 2017

Research & Data Corporate

In geopolitical terms, there has been nothing to compare with 2016 since the end of the Cold War. Neither Brexit nor the election of President Trump was expected. The potential impact of either event, let alone both, could reasonably be anticipated to have given rise to inertia, confusion and uncertainty. In fact, M&A has been remarkably robust.

M&A Toolkit Corporate Nordic

30th March 2017

Crispin Vicars shares Nokia's M&A evaluation process and how to get the deal done

At this year’s Nordic M&A and Private Equity Forum, we caught up with Crispin Vicars from Nokia to get his take on some key M&A questions

Klaus-Anders Nysteen on Leadership during a complex and transformational deal

Nordic Corporate

8th March 2017

Klaus-Anders Nysteen on Leadership during a complex and transformational deal

In November 2016, Lindorff and Intrum Justitia announced their intention to combine and create the industry leading provider of credit management services ("CMS"). The transaction is valued at SEK 39.1bn. It is subject to the approval of EU regulatory authorities and is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2017.

Macro Views Corporate France

27th July 2016

Four drivers of French M&A

Acquirers may be in a hurry to complete deals before the end of the year.

Corporate

15th July 2016

How do acquirers manage complexity when doing M&A?

Guus Greve, Shell

United Kingdom Corporate

15th July 2016

“Why Did We Do It?” – How Communication Can Make or Break a Deal

Looking beyond the regulatory requirements for public M&A, Leonard Lvounich From SIG sat down with Catherine Ford, Editor-at-large, mergermarket after their panel to discuss his experiences of communicating deals to managers, employees, suppliers and the press

United Kingdom Corporate

15th July 2016

An advanced approach to culture and people in M&A

Interview with Lori Volkes, Cisco

United Kingdom Research & Data Corporate

15th July 2016

Take Hold of Your Future - impact of global trends on mergers and acquisitions - Patrick Dixon

Dr Patrick Dixon takes an audience of in-house M&A professionals through the key factors likely to shape their sectors in the decades to come. Filmed at Mergermarket's European Corporate M&A Forum.

United Kingdom Corporate

15th July 2016

People Risk in M&A Transactions

Adam Rosenberg, Mercer

M&A Toolkit Corporate Nordic

11th March 2016

Cracking the code to post-deal integration and synergy capture

Thomas Fossum, Partner and Head of M&A Integration & Carve-out at PwC, references research conducted in 2015 with 350 acquirers about how synergies are perceived in deal success.

Corporate Italy

3rd November 2015

Founder-managers of Italian businesses talk about their approach to consolidation

Luca Lupone, Partner at PwC, speaks with Giovanni Amodeo, Global Editor-in-Chief at Mergermarket, about how entrepreneurs in Italy are tackling growth through making acquisitions.