Middle East & North Africa

At the half-year stage, US dealflow was down sharply whilst China was least impacted. Megadeals declined although mid-market showed resiliency. Meanwhile, private equity's global M&A market share reached record level.

Following a record deal count in 2019, hope for a strong start to Israel’s dealmaking in 2020 has been dashed by uncertainty around coronavirus.

Global dealmaking has been brought to a standstill in the past few weeks and activity is likely to remain subdued for the coming months, according the Mergermarket's Q1 global M&A trend report. 

•  US activity dips in 2H19 but retains 47.2% of global M&A on the back of domestic consolidation
•  China and Hong Kong M&A global share shrinks to 8.8%, with deal value down 27.7%
•  Boom in take-private deals totals USD 158.3bn in 2019
•  Average deal size at USD 389m, the second highest on Mergermarket record

MENA (Middle East and North Africa) M&A may find support from smaller deals in facilities management and utilities space ahead of EXPO 2020 in Dubai, along with infrastructure asset deals as governments plan to monetise them, dealmakers told Mergermarket.

Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, has today released research showing that Saudi Arabia saw a jump in M&A volume and value (14 deals worth USD 72.6bn) during the first half of 2019, due to the blockbuster USD 70bn SABIC deal announced in 1Q19, the region’s highest value deal on record and the second largest industrials and chemicals deal globally. 

We have released 4 charts to summarise year-to-date M&A activity in Saudi Arabia ahead of the Saudi Arabian M&A and Capital Markets Forum hosted by Mergermarket on 9th September.

Saudi Arabia saw a significant increase in the volume and value of deals during the first half of 2019. 

Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, alongside White & Case note that TMT will be the most appealing sector in Israel this year, according to 90% of respondents in a survey of senior-level executives at Israel-based companies and private equity firms. 

Delve in to what was discussed at MENA Mergers 20919.

Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, has released research showing that M&A targeting MENA in 2019 has already surpassed all annual totals following the USD 70.4bn Saudi Aramco-SABIC megamerger – the second largest M&A deal globally so far this year.

Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, last night announced the winners of its fourth annual Middle East & North Africa Awards, recognising the top law firms, investment banks and corporate finance advisors.

The boundaries of investment mandates are in flux. Dealspeak takes a look at how last week's USD 4bn  investment by KKR [NYSE:KKR] and Blackrock’s [NYSE:BX] infrastructure funds to acquire 40% of ADNOC’s midstream assets to find out a little more.