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Globalscope Partners Ltd
Globalscope Partners Ltd., a worldwide network of M&A firms specializing in middle-market transactions, closed 203 deals last year with a combined value of $20.8 billion USD. The 2022 revenue tally is the highest in the network’s 35-year history.
Revenues came from a wide range of countries and diverse business categories, but the Life Sciences and Consumer sectors proved to be the highest-performing categories, while Industrials also performed well.
Mergers and Acquisitions: Market Decline in 2022 and Opportunities in 2023
The Ukrainian IT market is in trend despite the overall decline.
Capital Times acted as analyst research expert in international M&A deal
On Jan. 4 in Dallas, U.S.-based J. Sloan & Co. announced the sale of Pumps and Controls, a U.S. wholesale
Deep Impact: Global M&A plummets in 2H22
After the party, comes the hangover. Rising interest rates, surging inflation and war in Europe have given global dealmakers a thumping headache. Worldwide, mergers and acquisitions totalled USD 3.6trn in 2022, down 38.8% from 2021’s record-smashing USD 5.9trn. Compare 2022 with the pre-pandemic five-year average (2015-19) – before the easy-money policies following Covid’s onset supercharged dealmaking in 2H20 and 2021 – then deal value this year is 9.3% lower.
Silverpeak Q4 2022 Benchmark report: Further stabilisation and the first signs of growth
A review of public Application Software company valuation metrics in Europe, UK and the US
Capital Times acted as an exclusive financial advisor to Biosphere Corporation
Capital Times acted as an exclusive financial advisor to Biosphere Corporation, a leading Ukrainian manufacturer and distributor of household and hygiene products, on the acquisition of the well-known European brand ALUFIX and a plant in Romania.
Capital Times acted as the exclusive financial adviser to the owners of SteelKiwi, a Ukrainian software development company, on its merger with an international IT group.
SteelKiwi has joined a big international IT group with offices in the US, Europe, and the Middle East and will work as an independent business unit, focusing on full cycle Web and Mobile applications development. With a team of 100+ professionals and many international customers, SteelKiwi will provide the additional capabilities for development of the international IT group.
Capital Times project team: Dmytro Baranovskyi (Vice President), Vladyslav Sharyha (Senior Investment Analyst), and Mark Reiter (Business Development Manager).
Ukrainian economy could return to pre-war levels not earlier than in 2026
According to our core scenario* nominal GDP of Ukraine is estimated as $145 bn (muсh lower from $200 bn in 2021) and the real GDP could decrease by 34% in 2022. Looking forward, the Ukrainian economy will be developing between $130-160 bn in 2023-2024 and recieving great amounts of financial support from external funds for budget finacing and infrastructure reconstruction.
