If you want to understand the themes that drive an industry, simply look at the list of recent mergers and acquisitions (M&As). This report analyzes the disruptive themes that have driven M&A activity in Q2 2024 across all sectors including automotive, basic material, business and consumer services, consumer, energy, financial, healthcare, industrials, real estate, technology, media & telecoms, transportation, infrastructure, and logistics.
- The global M&A market in Q2 2024 witnessed deals worth $528 billion, a drop of 9% compared to Q2 2023. In terms of deal volume, there was a 15% fall from Q2 2023 to record 7, 200 deals in Q2 2024. The TMT sector led the M&A deal activity, with 2,138 deals worth $166 billion recorded in Q2 2024. Most sectors saw a year-on-year drop in deal value in Q2 2024. Mega-deals (defined as any deal valued at more than $1 billion), also dropped to 114 deals in Q2 2024 compared to 117 in Q2 2023.
Scope
- This report provides an overview of merger and acquisition activity globally in Q2 2024 across all sectors. This report takes a close look at the top deals in all the sectors and identifies the themes driving each of these deals. This report also looks at the deals trend across North America, Europe, China, APAC Ex-China, South America, and Middle east and Africa.
Reasons to Buy
- Companies that invest in the right themes become success stories; those that miss the big themes end up as failures. If you want to understand the themes that drive an industry, simply look at the list of recent mergers and acquisitions (M&As).
- This report lists the most notable deals across all sectors to make it easy for our clients to get a view of themes disrupting these sectors and prepare for the future.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Review of the Global M&A Market - Q2 2024
- Top M&A Deals by Sector - Q2 2024
- Top M&A Deals by Geography - Q2 2024
- Top Themes Driving M&A Activity - Q2 2024
- Further Reading
- Appendix 1: Deal Selection Criteria
- Appendix 2: Thematic Research Methodology
- About Us
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- ConocoPhillips
- Silver Lake Partners
- Johnson & Johnson
- Schlumberger
- Waste Management
- Permira Holdings
- IBM
- Advent International
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
- Global Infrastructure Partners
- Marathon Oil
- Endeavor Group
- Shockwave Medical
- ChampionX
- Stericycle
- Squarespace
- HashiCorp
- Nuvei
- Allete
- Alpine Immune Sciences
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Abu Dhabi National Oil
- Apollo Global Management
- Liberty Media
- Luke Bidco
- Sampo
- Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec
- TPG Capital
- Covestro
- Intel (49.0% stake in Ireland chip plant)
- Bridgepoint Group (Dorna Sports)
- Darktrace
- Topdanmark
- Aareal Bank and Advent International (Aareon)
- KPS Capital Partners
- Siemens
- Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure
- Terna Energy
- Sonoco Products
- KPS Capital Partners
- Energy Capital Partners
- Abu Dhabi Future Energy
- The9
- CITIC Group
- Uber Technologies
- China Energy Group
- Magic Investment Bidco
- Huarui Fengquan Development
- Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical
- Nanning Minsheng New Energy
- Tongling State-owned Capital Operation Holding Group
- Yichun Jinheng Equity Investment Co
- Anchor Light Holdings
- Cypress Solaia Venture Capital
- Dense Forest Limited
- King Legacy Investments
- Lepower
- Shanghai State-owned Enterprises Integrated Improvement and Experiment Private
- Equity Fund Partnership
- Suzhou Industrial Park Industrial Investment Fund
- Suzhou Xinrui Equity Investment Partnership
- TongFu Microelectronics
- VK Global Investments
- Asia Cement
- Up
- China Huarong Financial Leasing
- Delivery Hero
- Guodian Electric Power
- Regional Link Telecom Services
- CPMC Holdings
- Shanghai Henlius Biotech
- Zhejiang Hozon New Energy Automobile
- King Long Technology
- Asia Cement
- Dharma Sinar Semesta
- Blackstone
- Ardonagh Group Holdings
- KKR & Co
- Kirin Holdings
- MBK Partners
- Ambuja Cements
- Power International Holding
- Oversea-Chinese Banking
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners
- Yelooo Integra Datanet
- Infocom
- PSC Insurance Group
- Perpetual
- FANCL
- Geo-young
- Penna Cement Industries
- Kazakhtelecom Jsc
- Great Eastern Holdings
- Onslow Iron Road Trust
- BP
- Ambar Energia
- Icestar
- Auren Energia
- Grupo Financiero Galicia
- Colbun
- LMC Caserones
- Jinteng (Singapore) Mining
- Perenco International
- GeoPark
- Bunge
- Eletrobras
- Redmegacentro
- AES Brasil Energia
- HSBC Holdings
- Inversiones Latin America Power
- JX Nippon Mining
- La Arena
- Golar LNG
- Neuquen Basin
- The Saudi Public Investment Fund
- SAP
- Microsoft
- Abu Dhabi National Oil
- Saham Group
- Electra Investment Holding
- Keystone Infra
- GFL International
- Gulf Drilling International
- Alcon Pharmaceuticals
- Saudi Telecommunications
- WalkMe
- G42.ai
- Galp Energia
- La Marocaine Vie
- Société Générale Marocaine de Banques
- EL Sewedy Electric
- Egged Transportation
- Leo Lithium
- GulfDrill
- BELKIN Vision
