M&A market in Poland on the rise in H1 - report

In the first half of the year, there were 58 merger and acquisition (M&A) contracts in Poland, which translates to an increase of 7 percent on a yearly basis. The total value of the deals reached €3.4 billion, according to a report compiled by law firm CMS and Mergermarket. The European M&A market was worth nearly €418, thus it recorded the highest value since 2007, the report indicated. However, the number of transactions declined by 14 percent, to 2,800, compared with 3,300 in the corresponding period last year. What is important, "investors are ceasing to consider the CEE as a homogeneous market, pointing their attention to selected markets such as Poland, the Czech Republic or Slovakia. Poland, in particular appeared to be a very active market throughout the last six months," Andrew Kozlowski, the Managing Partner of CMS Warsaw office. Experts at CMS and Mergermarket pointed out that such sectors as: new technologies, media and communications, industrial-chemical, pharmaceuticals and medical market, finance services, commodities, BPO and energy market will be the most active when it comes to M&A transactions.