{"id":44600,"date":"2019-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/global-dealmakers-cross-border-ma\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:49:13","slug":"global-dealmakers-cross-border-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/en\/global-dealmakers-cross-border-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"GLOBAL DEALMAKERS: CROSS-BORDER M&A"},"content":{"rendered":"

From July to August 2019, Baker Tilly International commissioned Acuris Studios to gauged the opinions of 150 dealmakers on global M&A opportunities, trends and challenges.<\/p>\n

Respondents were evenly split and based in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe.<\/p>\n

All of them, have completed multiple domestic and cross-border M&A transactions<\/a>-y-mergers and acquisitions<\/a>-m-a\/\u00bb>M&A<\/a> transactions in the past five years.<\/p>\n

<\/span>GLOBAL M&A IN 2019 AND BEYOND<\/span><\/h2>\n

Even amid heightened geopolitical risk and rising protectionism globally, cross-border M&A is set to remain a crucial mainstay of corporates \u00b4s strategies gor growth and development.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These deals, however, may come under greater scrutiny as dealmakers adapt to the headwinds shaping the current market.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The current environment of political and economic uncertainty seems to be having Limited impacto n Corporate and private buyer desires to get deals done.<\/p>\n

<\/span>DEAL DRIVERS<\/span><\/h2>\n

The trade dispute between the US and China continues to have far-reaching effects throughout the global economy, particulary in the M&A marketplace.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Respondents also expect increased competition for the best deals, bolstered by increasing private equity, activity and corporate divestments that bring new assets to market.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Respondents say the US-China trade dispute will be the main driver of their future adquisitions, moer than many others factors shapping strategies today.<\/p>\n

<\/span>GLOBAL OPPORTUNITITES: KEY MARKETS<\/span><\/h2>\n

Asia Pacific and North America stand out, as respondents expect M&A activity to accelerate given clear market advantages, promising growth rates and the availability of deals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Asia\u00b4s developing economies clearly offer attractive opportunities for multi-national bussinnesses now looking to step up their growth and to expand into new markets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Respondents are attracted to North America for its reliable infrastructure, the availability of attractive target opportunities and its political stability and legal certainty.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, dealmakers do have some concerns.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>SECTORS IN THE SPOTLIGHT<\/span><\/h2>\n

Technology, media, telecommunications and consumer will be the focus of global M&A as dealmakers look to bolster their digital advantages and tap into new customer groups in developed and emerging markets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At a sectoral level, more than three-quarters of respondents pick out technology, media and telecoms are likely to be amongst the three most attractive sector for M&A activity.<\/p>\n

<\/span>GOING GLOBAL: KEY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN COMPLETING CROSS-BRODER M&A<\/span><\/h2>\n

Dealmakers face both big-picture concerns and technical challenges as they pursue cross -border M&A.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Devoting more resources to due diligence and choosing the right advisors mta mitigate some og these challenges.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The current market is both challenging and complex, with various factors coming together to create conditions that could see more deals fail than succeed.<\/p>\n

<\/span>CONCLUSION<\/span><\/h2>\n

On the one hand, while 2019 has seen M&A deal volumes and values slow from the levels recorded in 2018, there is no reason to expect any significant decline in activity over the year ahead.<\/p>\n

The vast majority os respondents expect activity to at least be sustained at current levels, including more than half who expect an increase.<\/p>\n

There are good reasons for this confidence.<\/p>\n

And, on the other hand, the importance of assembling a estrong M&A team, with relevant expertise and experience, cannot be understated.<\/p>\n

Securing these these skllis will imprive the deal process at every stage, reducing the risk of pursuing inappropriate deals, or suffering the negative impacts as M&A collapses at a late stage of due diligence.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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