Global mid-market M&A activity has continued robustly in the first quarter of 2022, says audit, tax and consulting network RSM, as it announces it worked on 614 completed deals in Europe last year.
RSM’s advisers supported unprecedented levels of global deal activity in 2021. Among the 614 transactions completed by RSM Firms in Europe last year, the technology, media, and telecom (TMT) sector was the driving force, with 152 deals, followed by 90 completed in the engineering and manufacturing sector.
The top three middle market trends to watch out for this year are:
1. Entrepreneurs and founders are taking advantage of a market high to exit
2. The impact of the war in Ukraine could soon start to be felt on deal activity
3. The TMT sector – particularly B2B software – will continue to see intense dealmaking
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