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GLOBAL STATISTICAL UPDATE – XBMA Quarterly Review for First Quarter 2024

Executive Summary/Highlights For the first time since 2021, global dealmaking is up year on year for the third consecutive quarter, with significant increases in volume attributable to U.S. M&A and mega deals. Global M&A volume was US$797 billion in Q1 2024, a 36% increase from Q1 2023 but an 11% decrease from Q4 2023. Global … Continued

Editors' Note: The XBMA Review is published on a quarterly basis in order to facilitate a deeper understanding of trends and developments. In order to facilitate meaningful comparisons, the XBMA Review has utilized generally consistent metrics and sources of data since inception. We welcome feedback and suggestions for improving the XBMA Review or for interpreting the data.

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GLOBAL STATISTICAL UPDATE – XBMA Annual Review for 2023

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

GLOBAL STATISTICAL UPDATE – XBMA Quarterly Review for Third Quarter 2023

Executive Summary/Highlights Despite signs of recovery in Q2 2023, global dealmaking slowed in Q3 2023, and annualized year-to-date M&A volume is now on pace to be the lowest total since 2003. Global M&A volume was US$655 billion in Q3 2023, a 16% decrease from Q2 2023 and an 11% decrease from Q3 2022.  If the … Continued

Editors' Note: The XBMA Review is published on a quarterly basis in order to facilitate a deeper understanding of trends and developments. In order to facilitate meaningful comparisons, the XBMA Review has utilized generally consistent metrics and sources of data since inception. We welcome feedback and suggestions for improving the XBMA Review or for interpreting the data.

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GLOBAL STATISTICAL UPDATE – XBMA Quarterly Review for Second Quarter 2020

Executive Summary/Highlights Global M&A activity in Q2 2020 dropped to its lowest quarterly levels in more than a decade, as corporate dealmakers paused to weigh the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the responses of governments, businesses and consumers across the world, and many companies devoted all available resources to existence-preserving activities and not growth … Continued

Editors' Note: The XBMA Review is published on a quarterly basis in order to facilitate a deeper understanding of trends and developments. In order to facilitate meaningful comparisons, the XBMA Review has utilized generally consistent metrics and sources of data since inception. We welcome feedback and suggestions for improving the XBMA Review or for interpreting the data.

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ISRAELI UPDATE – A Proposed Reform in Israeli Merger Control and Supervision of Authorized Distributors

Executive Summary: Memorandum published by the General Director of the Israel Antitrust Authority earlier this year proposed reform that reflects a considerable expansion in the application of Israeli antitrust law to mergers between foreign corporations, as well as mergers involving Israeli and foreign corporations (including the acquisition of an Israeli corporation by a foreign corporation … Continued

Editor’s Note: David E. Tadmor is a member of XBMA’s Legal Roundtable and the Co-Managing Partner of Tadmor & Co. Yuval Levy & Co.  Mr. Tadmor is recognized as a leading expert in the area of Israeli competition law.  He served as the Director General of the Israel Antitrust Authority (IAA) from 1997 to 2001.  Shai Bakal, head of Tadmor’s Antitrust/Competition group, and Tadmor Antitrust/Competition partner Nava Karavany authored this article with associate Michal Olivero Kornfeld.

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ISRAELI UPDATE – Public Offering of Foreign Mutual Funds in Israel

Executive Summary: In recent months, there has been a renewed legislative effort to enable the offering of units (“Units”) of foreign mutual funds (including exchange traded funds, or ETFs) (each, a “Fund”) in Israel. The proposed legislation will allow foreign Fund managers who meet certain criteria to publicly offer Units in Israel. Main Article: Currently, … Continued

Editor’s Note:  David E. Tadmor is a member of XBMA’s Legal Roundtable and the Managing Partner of Tadmor & Co.  Mr. Tadmor is recognized as a leading expert in the area of Israeli competition law.  He served as the Director General of the Israel Antitrust Authority (IAA) from 1997 to 2001.  This memo is written by Amir Scharf, head of Tadmor & Co.’s Capital Markets & Securities Law Department, and associate Oren Ofek.

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ISRAELI UPDATE – Public Investment in Hi-Tech Companies

Executive Summary: The Committee for Encouragement of Investments in Public Companies Engaged in R&D, formed by the Israeli Securities Authority, has recommended adopting three main solutions aimed at encouraging public funding of hi-tech companies: promoting IPOs of relatively large hi-tech companies; facilitating the establishment of publicly-traded venture capital funds and encouraging the establishment of publicly … Continued

Editor’s Note:  David E. Tadmor is a member of XBMA’s Legal Roundtable and the Managing Partner of Tadmor & Co.  Mr. Tadmor is recognized as a leading expert in the area of Israeli competition law.  He served as the Director General of the Israel Antitrust Authority (IAA) from 1997 to 2001.  Yoel Neeman is the head of Tadmor & Co.'s Corporate and M&A groups with extensive experience in cross-border transactions. This update is written by Yaniv Aronowich, a partner at Tadmor & Co.'s corporate group.

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