Iberian Market

Iberian Market - 2Q 2018

June 2018

Pages: 54

Format: .PDF

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SPAIN

According to Transactional Track Record's Monthly M&A Report, in 1H18 the moved capital is higher to the one registered in the same period of 2017, though the number of transactions is still slightly lower, the exact same as in the private equity segment. The report also provides updated data on different aspects and behaviors of the Spanish M&A market, such as the dominant position of the real estate sector, or the consolidation of the US, the UK, France and Portugal as the foreign countries that interact the most with Spain. As always, the report includes a breakdown of the data of the Private Equity and Venture Capital segments, and the TTR interview: in this occasion, to Pinsent Masons España Partner Antonio Sánchez Montero, who analyzes some key aspects of Spain's M&A, private equity and venture capital markets.

PORTUGAL

According to Transactional Track Record's quarterly M&A Report, the Portuguese mergers and acquisitions market closed 1H18 with a significant increase in the total moved capital, compared with 1H17, with just six transactions accounting for EUR 12bn. On the pages allocated to the cross-border sphere, the analyses correlating the foreign countries that invest in Portugal and the sub-sectors targeted by these investments reflect that the number of those transactions involving technology and Internet companies represents almost 90% of the total, compared with the same period of 2017. Additionally, Spain-based companies are still the ones making the most acquisitions of Portugal-based companies. The report also includes an exclusive interview granted to TTR by SRS Advogados Partner William Smithson on the performance of the Portuguese M&A market in 1H18.