M&A monitor
Global M&A – value and volume
Global*
M&A value
$1,113.8bn
M&A deal volume
10,697
Top 3 deals
1
$32.2bn
GE Capital Aviation Services/AerCap Holdings
2
$28.7bn
Kansas City Southern/ Canadian Pacific railway
3
$23.4bn
The Hartford Financial Services Group/Chubb
Inbound:
most targeted markets
US
2,808 deals
◂$608bn
Canda
363 deals
◂$88bn
China
1,343 deals
◂$77bn
Outbound:
most acquisitive markets
US
2,708 deals
▸$610bn
China
1,385 deals
▸$76bn
UK
909 deals
▸$74bn
USA*
M&A value
$610bn
M&A deal volume
2,708
Top 3 deals
1
$31.2bn
GE Capital Aviation Services/AerCap Holdings
2
$28.7bn
Kansas City Southern/ Canadian Pacific railway
3
$23.4bn
The Hartford Financial Services Group/Chubb
Inbound:
markets investing into
US companies
US
2,220 deals
◂$486bn
Ireland
14 deals
◂$49bn
Canda
77 deals
◂$34bn
Outbound:
markets US companies are
investing into
US
2,220 deals
▸$486bn
Israel
23 deals
▸$26bn
UK
140 deals
▸$17bn
Europe*
M&A value
$210bn
M&A deal volume
3,351
Top 3 deals
1
$20.1bn
PPL WPD Investments/ National Grid Holdings one
2
$14.2bn
Suez - French businesses/Investors group comprising Ardian and Global Infrastructure Partners
3
$9.5bn
Ardagh Metal Packaging/Gores Holdings V
Inbound:
markets investing into
European companies
US
336 deals
◂$63bn
UK
695 deals
◂$42bn
France
315 deals
◂$15bn
Outbound:
markets European companies
are investing into
US
161 deals
▸$69bn
UK
662 deals
▸$44bn
France
281 deals
▸$23bn
Asia-Pacific*
M&A value
$166bn
M&A deal volume
3,398
Top 3 deals
1
$6.2bn
Crown Resorts/ Blackstone Group
2
$4.7bn
Dewan Housing Finance Corp/Piramal Capital and Housing Finance
3
$3.6bn
Renew Power Pvt Ltd/ RMG Acquisition Corp
Inbound:
markets investing into
Asia-Pacific companies
China
1,314 deals
◂$76bn
US
105 deals
◂$17bn
Hong Kong
129 deals
◂$13bn
Outbound:
markets Asia-Pacific comapnies
are investing into
China
1,340 deals
▸$73bn
Japan
655 deals
▸$14bn
US
64 deals
▸$14bn
Financial sponsor M&A – top 3 deals with buyside financial sponsor involvement
1
$14.2bn
▾
Suez-French businesses/Investor group comprising Ardian and Global Infrastructure Partners
2
$9.4bn
▾
Telxius Telecom - Telecommunications Towers Division Europe/Amercian Tower
3
$7.8bn
▾
Athene Holding/Apollo Global Management
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Rick van Aerssen Managing partner
Frankfurt am Main, Düsseldorf
Pervez Akhtar Partner
Dubai
Kate Cooper Partner
London
Robert Ashworth Partner
Hong Kong
Dr. Natascha Doll Partner
Hamburg, London
Dr. Gunnar Schuster Partner
Frankfurt am Main
Sundeep Kapila Partner
London
Dr. Barbara Keil Partner
Munich
Alan Mason Managing partner
Silicon Valley, Paris
Richard Perks Partner
Hong Kong, Tokyo
Teresa Ko Partner
Hong Kong
Julian Pritchard Partner
London
Hanneke Rothbarth Partner
Amsterdam
Takeshi Nakao Partner
Tokyo