Outlook – M&A Half Year Review 2025
Looking ahead, there are reasons for cautious optimism for Irish M&A
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Looking ahead, there are reasons for cautious optimism for Irish M&A
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PE investors announced 57 deals in Ireland duringH1 2025, ahead of the 41 and 46 transactions the...
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International interest in Irish targets remains elevated. There were 148 deals announced for Iris...
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One striking aspect of Irish M&A this year has been the range of industries that have seen notabl...
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Ireland’s M&A landscape has traditionally been dominated by mid-market transactions and 2025 to d...
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Transaction volume up 4% while value is down 51% across the first half of 2025
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Irish M&A activity proved robust during the first six months of 2025, with deal volume increasing...
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William Fry advises EQT Private Equity on the acquisition of a majority stake in AMCS, a global l...
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Here is a selection of recent publications contained in our August 2024 edition of Legal News.
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The number of M&A deals involving a PE investor decreased in 2023 with 58 transactions announced,...
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Around two-thirds of Irish deals in 2023 involved an overseas bidder, with 225 inbound transactio...
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Ireland’s financial services sector recorded more M&A activity than any other industry during 2023.
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Ireland’s M&A market has traditionally been dominated by mid-market activity and this trend conti...
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Against a global backdrop of negative economic and political news, Ireland’s mergers and acquisit...
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Irish M&A activity has been relatively muted in the first half of the year in line with the globa...
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PE investors, both international and domestic, continue to take a keen interest in Irish business...
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As in previous years, a significant percentage of M&A activity in Ireland in the first half of 20...
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With only a handful of very large deals in H1 2023, the sectors in which these took place were in...
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Ireland’s mid-market continues to dominate from an M&A perspective, with 97% of deals in the firs...
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The Irish M&A market experienced a dip of 2% in the number of qualifying deals during the first h...
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Despite headwinds, private equity activity in Ireland in 2022 continued to be strong with a total...
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Overseas investors remain committed to Ireland: foreign acquirers conducted 216 transactions in t...
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M&A Deals increase 14% in 2020 to €9.1bn. Download Ireland's definitive M&A review.
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We consider the duties which directors of Irish companies need to be particularly conscious of gi...
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