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Mergers & Acquisitions activity declines in SA in first half of 2018

By Janice Roberts at New Media
18 July 2018 • 1 min read

Morne van der Merwe, Managing Partner and Head of the Corporate/M&A Practice at Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg

Merger & Acquisition (M&A) transactions in South Africa declined in terms of both the volume and value of domestic and cross-border deals, according to analysis by Baker McKenzie of Thomson Reuters  M&A data for South Africa. Transactions fell by 44% and 52% in terms of volume and value, respectively, in the first half of 2018 compared to H1 2017.  In H1 2017, there were 243 total deals worth USD 6,625 million in South Africa, this decreased to 135 deals worth USD 3,207 million in H1 2018. (more…)


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