Mergermarket and William Fry are pleased to present the Ireland Mid-Year M&A Review. This report provides a comprehensive overview of developments in the Irish M&A market during the first half of 2019, and offers insight into likely trends in the coming months. Key findings include: Deal value is up 24% to €2.5bn in H1 2019 whilst deal volume of 75 transactions over H1 2019 is down nearly 20% on the 93 deals announced in H1 2018. In terms of sectors, TMT was dominant for both deal value and volume, accounting for 55% of disclosed value.

Mergermarket is pleased to present the half-year edition of Deal Drivers Americas, in association with Merrill Corporation. Against a backdrop of slowing economic growth globally and geopolitical tensions such as Brexit, North American deal volume decreased by 18% year-over-year, but deal value increased over 15% thanks to 19 megadeals (valued at US$10bn or more) in the first half of the year, most notably United Technologies’ US$88.9bn acquisition of Raytheon and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s US$89.5bn acquisition of Celgene. This report provides.

Mergermarket is pleased to present the half-year edition of Deal Drivers EMEA, in association with Merrill Corporation. Against a backdrop of slowing economic growth globally and geopolitical tensions such as Brexit, the EMEA region saw 3,345 M&A deals valued at €354.3bn in H1 2019. While this represents a drop-off in activity compared to the same period last year (down 17% in volume and 33% in value), appetite for M&A remains in certain areas. This report provides an in-depth review of M&A activity in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.