Allen & Overy’s latest M&A Insights report, shows that that the value of global M&A transactions surged to a record high of nearly USD5.8 trillion in 2021, an increase of 64 per cent on 2020, and 48 per cent higher than 2018, the previous highest year on record.
The report analyses the record-breaking year for technology M&A, looking at what is driving investors to the market and the challenges they face in closing deals.
Digital infrastructure transactions continue to increase globally, with investors particularly focused on mobile towers, data centres and fibre networks.
Technology and life sciences companies overwhelmingly dominated fundraising markets in 2021, beating all previous records for amounts raised. Data from Crunchbase suggests that the previous USD100 billion quarterly record for technology fundraising was consistently superseded during 2021.
