COVID-19 has added an almost undefinable level of uncertainty to all aspects of the global economy, including activism. We entered the new year with activity levels consistent with those seen in previous years, with 39 campaigns launched in January and February of 2020 roughly mirroring the 43 launched....

Debtwire Par has partnered with its sister product Mergermarket to produce a comprehensive overview of Western European Buyout and LBO financing trends, including extensive advisory league tables.   Key Trends in 1H20: As Europe went into almost full lockdown, April saw its the lowest....

Debtwire Par has partnered with its sister product Mergermarket to produce a comprehensive overview of US Buyout and LBO financing trends, including extensive advisory league tables.   Key Trends in 1H20: US buyout investments recorded 194 deals worth USD 15.1bn in Q2, down 46.8% by....

Debtwire Par has partnered with its sister product Mergermarket to produce a comprehensive overview of US Buyout and LBO financing trends, including extensive advisory league tables.   Key Trends in 1H20: US buyout investments recorded 194 deals worth USD 15.1bn in Q2, down 46.8% by....

Mergermarket is pleased to present our quarterly Risk in Review 2020 report, published in association with Aon’s Transaction Solutions team. For this report, Aon commissioned Mergermarket to interview global M&A insurers and managing general underwriters to learn their views about the risks and....

Mergermarket and Unquote are pleased to present An opportunity in crisis: Italian M&A and PE activity in 2019–Q1 2020, published in association with Gatti Pavesi Bianchi. This report provides invaluable insights into M&A and private equity activity in Italy as the COVID-19 crisis takes hold in....

Mergermarket is pleased to present Band Together: Corporate and Cultural Convergence in Life Sciences M&A, published in association with Mintz. M&A plays an important role in enabling the life sciences ecosystem. It is one of the main routes by which promising treatments are acquired, nurtured and....

Mergermarket is pleased to present M&A in the face of historic uncertainty, published in association with Imprima. With the Covid-19 pandemic throwing the global economy into an unprecedented crisis, both M&A value and volume fell in Q1 2020 – by 39% and 25% respectively – with Q2 projected to....

Mergermarket is pleased to present the fifth edition of M&A in Ukraine, published in association with Aequo. This report provides invaluable insights into key trends in Ukraine’s M&A landscape and an outlook for 2020 and beyond in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.   Key findings....

Mergermarket is pleased to present Global dealmakers: European M&A market update 2020, published in association with Baker Tilly International.   The spread of Covid-19 is causing dealmakers to reconsider or cancel investments into Europe, this after M&A already started posting a decline in....