China’s M&A value rebounds 148% in Q2

July 24, 2017

HONG KONG - China’s outbound mergers and acquisitions rebounded in the second quarter of 2017 with deal value surging 148% quarter on quarter. Chinese investors returned to the deal table in the April-June period after a lukewarm first quarter and were the second most acquisitive cross-border nation by value with 94 deals totalling US$ 35.9 billion, according to international law firm Baker McKenzie’s Cross-Border M&A Index.

The industrial sector continues to outrank other sectors in terms of China outbound M&A deal volum,e while the consumer and technology sectors also saw significant amounts of outbound investment from the country, the report showed.

China’s inbound M&A activities continued to climb, rising 29% in volume to 62 deals and a 69% jump in value to USD 13.2 billion from the first quarter of 2017. A significant portion, 66%, of the inbound investment value this quarter went to the technology sector, particularly the e-commerce and software companies.  www.webershandwick.cn (ATI).