CEE Deal Advisory Highlights 2022
In 2022, for the seventh year in a row, Mazars has been ranked among the top 5 leading deal advisors in Central & Eastern Europe, based on the Mergermarket CEE Accountant League Table by the number of successful deals.
Our highlights showcase a selection of projects that we advised on throughout the region.
Reflecting on the year, there are a few key themes that have directed and influenced
Mazars’ transactional activity in CEE:
- Strong cross-border dealmaking, with inbound investments coming from the USA, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, the Benelux and Scandinavia
- Private equity buyouts on the rise
- Robust M&A activity in the following sectors: Energy & Renewables, Technology, Industrials, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate and Telecommunications
- Increased number of M&A transactions involving CEE buyers
Mazars expects these themes to still influence the CEE deal activity in 2023. Igor Mišík, Senior Manager at Mazars in Slovakia stated: "I see a challenging 2023 for the Slovak transactional market. Major headwinds will be the prevailing fear of a shutdown of Russian gas imports, surging inflation and rising interest rates. Nevertheless, well-managed SMEs made during 2022 adequate measures and have got used to the new normal. Others may become a part of a long time no seen bargain boosting the 2023 M&A activity."
Despite the challenges related to the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis, increasing inflation and higher interest rates, the perspectives for the upcoming months are relatively positive: 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.
Investing in CEE: Inbound M&A report 2022/2023
The beginning of 2022 signalled to what was to be a turbulent year for both European and global market, as Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February. Trends that were already in play in 2021, rising inflation and higher borrowing costs, were greatly amplified. The war unleashed supply shocks, notably in the wholesale gas market.
Mazars among top CEE M&A transaction advisors 2022
For the seventh year running, Mazars is ranked fifth by Mergermarket for the number of successful M&A Transaction Services projects advised in 2022 according to the Accountant League Table for Central & Eastern Europe.
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Igor Mišík Senior Manager, Financial advisory - Bratislava
