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20Jul

For Italian M&A, a strong start to the year mitigated the impact of COVID-19

A handful of large deals struck early in the year provided a few bright spots for Italian M&A activity in H1 2020. A cluster of larger deals in early 2020 helped to put a shine on Italy’s M&A figures for the first half of the year. Despite the huge disruption caused by the spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown, the US$16.9 billion deal value for H1 2020 was in fact 21% above the value for H1 2019. Deal volume, however, was down 37% in H1 to 185 deals....
By: White & Case LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/for-italian-m-a-a-strong-start-to-the-92508/

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