December 01, 2022
What are the prospects for European M&A in 2023?
Webinar in Partnership with Financial Times Live (FT Live)
DATE: Thursday 01 December 2022
At the end of last year, M&A activity in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region hit an all-time high and strong momentum in dealmaking looked set to continue well into this year. However, the war in Ukraine, soaring inflation, rising interest rates and slower economic growth all weighed on activity during the second half. Moreover, continuing geopolitical uncertainty and global environmental concerns are dampening the outlook for 2023.
Private equity money continues to buoy the market. Undervalued deal targets and distressed sales are expected to drive activity during 2023. Private equity investors, in particular, are expected to be enthusiastic acquirers of distressed assets. The weak euro and pound are prompting investors with dollars to size up opportunities in the eurozone and in the UK, in particular. Will 2023 be another robust year for EMEA M&A activity?
Datasite – in partnership with The Financial Times Live (FT Live) – provided a key forward-looking market outlook for the EMEA M&A market and explore the risks and opportunities that this new dealmaking environment presents.
Expert panellists discussed:
- What is the impact of current economic and political events on M&A across EMEA?
- How will rising interest rates and inflation affect dealmaking in the UK versus Germany versus France?
- Which business sectors are expected to be ‘hot or not’ in 2023?
- What will private equity’s role be in 2023?
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Allan Bertie
MD, Head of European Investment Banking, Raymond James
BioAllan Bertie
MD, Head of European Investment Banking, Raymond James
Managing Director, Head of European Investment Banking, Raymond James
Caroline Rae
Corporate M&A Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
BioCaroline Rae
Corporate M&A Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Caroline is a corporate M&A partner at global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, based in London. Caroline has 16 years' experience advising UK listed and international corporates on acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures, with a particular focus on public takeovers across a range of sectors. Caroline also advises boards of listed companies on governance issues and is a member of the Company Law Committee of the City of London Law Society. Caroline, who topped the UK M&A lawyer rankings by deal value in 2021, is recognised by the Legal 500 as a Leading Individual in the upper mid-market and premium deals category and by The Lawyer's Hot 100 for "her legal prowess in major public takeovers".
Dietrich Becker
Partner and Co-President, Perella Weinberg Partners
BioDietrich Becker
Partner and Co-President, Perella Weinberg Partners
Mr. Becker is a Partner and Co-President of Perella Weinberg Partners, based in London. Mr. Becker has served as Head of PWP’s Advisory business in Europe since 2017. Prior to joining Perella Weinberg Partners at the firm’s foundation in 2006, Mr. Becker served as Co-Head of Morgan Stanley’s Global Industrial Group and as one of the firm’s most senior German investment bankers. He began his investment banking career with Merrill Lynch in 1991. Mr. Becker has been involved, in a leading role, in a broad range of M&A transactions involving some of Germany’s leading companies and industrial clients worldwide. His specific focus is on public market M&A transactions, raid and activist defense and the strategic transformation of industrial manufacturing companies. He frequently represents target companies in public offer situations or advises on large, complex merger transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. Mr. Becker received a degree from Cologne University Law School and a Masters in Business Administration from New York University Stern Graduate School of Business. He serves as a member of the Executive Board of the NYU Stern School of Business.
Markus Schiller
Head of DACH & CEE, Datasite
BioMarkus Schiller
Head of DACH & CEE, Datasite
Markus is Head of Central Europe (DACH), CEE and CIS for Datasite. He has been accompanying the transformation to Datasite for more than 6 years now and has been leading the Frankfurt office since 2017. Previously, he mainly worked in the financial market, as Sales Manager Europe for Trading Technologies and as Account Manager for Thomson Reuters. He graduated from Purdue University in the USA with an Executive MBA and co-founded the technology start-up Evo Fintech in 2016.
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