Eastern Europe M&A Reports

Emerging Europe M&A activity in H1’22 declined 2.6% y-o-y to 1,020 deals while the total value of transactions rose 16.1% y-o-y to EUR 52.9bn After the shocking start to the year due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the M&A ...

Covid-19 and war scares stemming from the situation between Ukraine and Russia resulted in a sharp decline of M&A in the first quarter of 2022. Deal flow was down by 15.4% y-o-y, while the aggregate deal value slumped by 30% to just EUR 16.5bn, ...

The number of M&A deals in Emerging Europe continued to decline to 468 new ones registered in Q3, although their total value reached EUR 23.1bn – one of the highest quarterly sums in recent years. Some of this year’s largest ...

After the strong start of the year for Emerging Europe M&A, activity dipped in the second quarter. Still, for the first six months of 2021 the y-o-y increase in deal flow was nearly 10% (950 deals), and the total value of M&A surged 51% ...

M&A had a strong start of the year as the revival trend seen after summer 2020 continued. Deals reached 470 in Q1 2021, virtually unchanged y-o-y, while their aggregate value surged more than twice to EUR 21.4bn on the back of four mega-deals in ...

Similarly to past years, Emerging Europe M&A activity improved significantly in Q4, reaching 459 deals for EUR 25.9bn in that quarter after being helped by some last-minute big Russian M&A.   Overall dealmaking in 2020 was marked by ...

Emerging Europe M&A activity kept slipping, hitting 400 deals for EUR 5.9bn in total during Q3 – down by 20% and 47%, respectively, compared to the same quarter of last year. Few large deals were announce over the summer, save for PLAY ...

Emerging Europe M&A activity continued its decline in Q2 2020, with many deals put on hold or scrapped entirely amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. A few large deals helped the Turkish M&A scene post a good quarter value-wise, but overall across ...

The start of 2020 was marked by significantly lower M&A activity compared to the same time last year due to fears for the economy and the poor outlook for many businesses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Deals were down by 15% y/y to 444, while ...

In Q1-Q3 2019 the region experienced a decline in M&A activity to 1,463 deals worth EUR 51.7bn.  The third quarter of the year in particular was the worst one since 2016 for Emerging Europe M&A, featuring just 467 deals for EUR 10.2bn in ...