Iberian Market

Iberian Market - August 2019

August 2019

Pages: 54

Format: .PDF

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SPAIN

According to Transactional Track Record's monthly M&A Report, Spain's mergers and acquisitions market closed the first eight months of 2019 with 1,445 transactions and a moved capital of EUR 50.17bn. The report also provides a complete analysis about the most prominent transactions of the cross-border segment, as well as the market's most active sectors, which shows Real Estate is still the sector with the highest number of deals, with 396 transactions. Meanwhile, both the Private Equity and Venture Capital segments registered a downturn on this period regarding the number of deals, comparing with the same period the previous year. The league tables in the last pages of the report reflect the activity of the legal and financial advisors, based on transactions announced in 2019 YTD.

PORTUGAL

According to Transactional Track Record's August 2019 M&A Report, from January to August there was a 6,5% increase in the volume of mergers and acquisitions compared with the same period of 2018. Meanwhile, the section dedicated to the cross-border segment presents analyses correlating the foreign countries investing in Portugal and the sub-sectors of those investments, which shows US-based companies retain an increasing interest in Portugal-based companies, with 23 transactions registered in the period. Additionally, the Venture Capital sector recorded transactions with an aggregate value of EUR 209m. Finally, the league tables in the last pages of the report reflect the activity of the legal and financial advisors, based on transactions announced in 2019 YTD.

SPAIN