M&A Highlights - 2016 - Strand Hanson

M&A Highlights – 2016

News 01 January 2017

2016 was, once again, a strong year for mergers and acquisitions activity at Strand Hanson across multiple jurisdictions and sectors

Advised on transactions totalling approximately £1.0 billion, the majority of which were cross-border
Maintained leading positions in natural resources and Africa focussed businesses
Advised on 3 successful UK/Irish Takeover Code (“Code”) transactions, including the second largest, hostile, successful Code takeover of 2016
Already announced 2 further UK Takeover Code transactions in 2017
Continued to be an active participant in private equity funded P2P transactions

Strand Hanson expects to maintain this high level of activity in 2017, with UK/UK transactions, being bolstered by international companies and private equity funds taking advantage of sterling’s post-Brexit depreciation and historically low debt financing costs.

“Once again, 2016 demonstrated client demand for genuinely innovative, bespoke, independent M&A advice, a demand we only see increasing in 2017 and which Strand Hanson is uniquely placed to meet.”
Simon Raggett, Chief Executive

“We enter 2017 with a strong pipeline of transactions and expect to see this continue throughout the year. Despite the uncertain political backdrop, macro-economic conditions remain very favourable for M&A.”
Stuart Faulkner, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions