S&P Global Market Intelligence’s recent data shows the number of terminated private equity-backed deals globally fell 86.2% year over year to just four deals in Q2/24.
A new survey from Grant Thornton showed that mergers and acquisitions professionals are highly optimistic about the state of dealmaking. The survey, which polled 238 M&A professionals, found that 81% of respondents expect deal volume to increase or significantly increase over the next six months.
Tom Cartwright joined Paul Hastings as a partner based in London. Cartwright advises private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds and family offices on private equity investments and M&A transactions.
According to data from Datasite and Debtwire, 71% of U.S. dealmakers, 70% of deal markers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and 61% of dealmakers in the Asia Pacific region expect to see more restructuring activity in the next 12 to 24 months.
The Financial Times reported that the recent merger between banking giants BB&T and SunTrust could provide a template for future deals.
The Wall Street Journal reported that 2019 was a big year for mergers and acquisitions, but it could have been even better.
Citizens Bank’s latest survey on mergers and acquisitions shows an active market where sellers still have their choice of potential buyers. Ralph Della Ratta breaks down the results and provides reasons on why the market continues to look rosy even as many companies become more cautious of a potential economic downturn.
Reuters reported that European leveraged finance bankers are rejecting the opportunity to underwrite some buyout transactions because of aggressive private equity firm demands.
In 2017, Citizens Bank took an unusual step with its annual M&A Advisory Survey — it polled business decision-makers before and after the election to test the impact. Optimism was high in the post-election survey, and in 2018, it is higher still. Ralph Della Ratta, head of M&A Advisory at Citizens Capital Markets, explains why this is a good time to sell and encourages lenders to push customers towards eager buyers.
Interest among middle market companies in both buying and selling has increased significantly in the past year, according to the seventh annual Citizens Commercial Banking Middle Market M&A Outlook.