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Europe mergers and acquisitions down in Q1 but mega deals push deal value up 45%

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal volume in Europe saw a decrease of 1.78% from 3,484 to 3,422 in the first quarter of 2020, said GlobalData.

However, on the back of some of the high-value transactions (such as US$33.4bn Aon - Willis Towers Watson merger deal and acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Elevator by a consortium of Investors for $18.7bn) deal value increased by 45.35% from $134.4bn in the first quarter of 2019 to $195.3bn in Q1 2020.

Goldman Sachs dominates the M&A financial advisers league table based on the deal value in the first quarter of 2020, according to the data and analytics company.

The American firm advised on 20 deals worth $114.1bn in Q1 2020.

GlobalData, which tracks all M&A, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world to compile the league tables, confirmed that Rothschild & Co occupied the second position with 48 transactions worth $58.3bn.

Aurojyoti Bose, Financial Deals Analyst at GlobalData, said: "Despite advising on a relatively smaller number of deals, Goldman Sachs is the only adviser which crossed $100bn mark in Q1 2020 outpacing its peers by a large margin. The firm advised on some big-ticket deals such as the $33.4bn Aon - Willis Towers Watson merger deal."

Goldman Sachs, which topped the league table of M&A financial advisers in Europe, also stood at the first position in GlobalData's recently released global league table of top 20 M&A financial advisers.......................

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