Executive Summary/Highlights M&A deal volume in H1 2025 was 30% higher than deal volume in H1 2024, driven by a strong second quarter. Several mega deals were announced in Q2 2025, including Charter Communications’ US$35 billion acquisition of Cox Communications, Global Payments’ US$24 billion acquisition of Worldpay and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone’s US$16 billion acquisition … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights Driven by a strong Q1, M&A deal volume in H1 2024 was 15% higher than deal volume in H1 2023. Global M&A volume was US$716 billion in Q2 2024, a 13% decrease from the robust first quarter of 2024 (US$820 billion) and in line with the second quarter of 2023 (US$737 billion). Several … Continued
The attached slides summarize trends in cross-border M&A and strategic investment activity throughout the first quarter of 2011. Highlights: Global M&A volume for Q1 2011 was US$671.8 billion, up 29.5% as compared to Q1 2010. Cross-border transactions have rebounded substantially from 2009: 38% of Q1 2011 global M&A was cross-border — up slightly from … Continued