Mazars CEE deal advisory highlights 2023

Our highlights feature a selection of projects that we advised on throughout the region in 2023. 

Reflecting on the year, there are a few key themes that have directed and influenced Mazars’ transactional activity in CEE:

1. Strong cross-border dealmaking, with inbound investments coming mostly from Western Europe and the USA, but also from other parts of the Europe (Middle-East for example);
2. Private equity buyouts still very active;
3. Robust M&A activity in the following sectors: Energy & Renewables, Technology, Industrials, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, and Telecommunications;
4. Some M&A transactions involving CEE buyers developing outside our region, in particular in Western Europe.

Mazars expects these themes to still influence the CEE deal activity in 2024. Despite the challenges related to the geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle-East, the energy crisis, relatively high inflation and interest rates, dealmakers are positive concerning the upcoming months: Central & Eastern Europe is well-positioned to benefit from industrial nearshoring, succession planning, further PE funds activity, the shift towards renewables and further market consolidation in selected sectors being the main drivers of that trend.

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