*Originally distributed on February 26, 2024. In July 2023, Nidec Corporation, the largest motor manufacturing company in the world and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (“TSE”) Prime Market, proposed to acquire and take private Takisawa Machine Tool Co., Ltd., which specializes in manufacturing machine tools and is listed on the TSE Standard Market. Remarkably, … Continued
*Originally distributed on February 20, 2024. In 2023, there was a 6.7% decline in the number of mergers and acquisitions involving Japanese companies as compared to 2022. This decrease can be attributed to a combination of macroeconomic factors, interest rate trends, regulatory changes, and geopolitical influences. Despite this overall trend, one standout deal was the … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights Global M&A volume in 2023 declined relative to 2022 and 2021, when it set a record. M&A activity in the second half of 2023, however, exceeded that of the second half of 2022. Global M&A volume in 2023 was US$2.9 trillion, down from US$3.6 trillion in 2022 and below the annual average of … Continued
