The global M&A markets may finally be back on an upward trajectory as some of the economic and geopolitical uncertainties weighing on the market over the past couple of years lift. But will 2025 be a great M&A year or just another so-so one?
After high hopes in January of an upswing in dealmaking activity, a thick fog of uncertainty descended on M&A markets, clouding M&A prospects and causing a precipitous decline in deals during the first half of 2024. What caused this fog, and, more importantly for dealmakers, how quickly could it lift?
The M&A starting bell has rung. Are you ready? Successful dealmakers should look forward, not back, as we enter a new phase of dealmaking in 2024.
Reflecting on the year 2023, our Deals team has curated a summary of their key endeavors over the past year. Throughout this period, we assisted many businesses in analyzing and evaluating various opportunities and market segments. Our support extended to facilitating joint ventures, as well as overseeing the...
PwC Lithuania acted as the sole financial advisor to the shareholder of M-1 Group, a leading radio station operator in Lithuania, on its sale to 15min.
Bold doesn’t need to be big: with a drop in megadeals, executives are counting on mid-market M&A to drive strategic transformation and accelerate growth.
Kantar Public, a portfolio company of Trilantic Europe, has acquired the leading European research and policy analysis centre PPMI. In this deal, PwC Lithuania has provided the buy-side financial and tax due diligence and other transaction advisory services.
PwC Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Spain professionals represented Intrum as sole financial advisers on the sale of Intrum Lithuania, Intrum Latvia and Intrum Estonia to Aktiva Finance Group. With this transaction, Intrum narrows its geography to focus on tactical markets, while Aktiva Finance Group becomes the largest...
The circular economy leader in Central Europe GreenGroup, a portfolio company of Abris Capital Partners (Abris), has acquired the largest industrial waste management company in Lithuania - Žalvaris UAB. In this deal, PwC Lithuania has provided the buy-side financial and tax due diligence and other transaction advisory...
PwC Lithuania has advised NDX Group which, together with Galio Group via jointly established project company G.L.G. Projektai acquired a grocery anchored real estate portfolio of retail stores from EECP. The acquired portfolio consists of 17 properties across Lithuania with the total GLA of 50 thousand sq. m. and was...
PwC Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have acted as the exclusive buy-side advisor to the Gi Group Holding, the leading Italian international company dedicated to the HR market, in their acquisition of Verita Solutions OÜ, which manages personnel leasing & staffing companies CVO Recruitment and Simplika.
The Estonian pharmacy group Magnum AS has closed the transaction to acquire pharmacy wholesaler Medikona UAB and retailer Apotheca vaistinė UAB, where PwC Lithuania has provided buy-side financial and tax due diligence and other transaction advisory services.
Financial models are necessary tools for the appraisal of investment opportunities or business decision making. However, financial modelling itself is usually associated with heavy Excel spreadsheets, complex formulae, which are prone to errors and difficult to follow for the external users. Consequently, it may be...
Our Deals team contributed to the launch of Šiaulių Bankas SB Modernisation Fund by providing financial modelling services for cash flow projection, return on investment and other relevant indicators of the EUR 275 million worth fund.
M&A activity has slowed from its record-setting 2021 pace, with economic headwinds stunting deals in the first half of 2022. However, activity has merely returned to 2019 levels and dealmaking is expected to play an important role in corporate growth strategies over the next six months, according to PwC’s Global M&A...
After registering unparalleled growth in deal values and volumes in 2021, a strong deals pipeline, the availability of abundant capital, and an ongoing intense demand for digital and data-driven assets point to another supercharged year for M&A in 2022, according to PwC’s Global M&A Industry Trends: 2022 Outlook.
PwC Lithuania professionals from Deals and Tax Services advised the fund managed by Taaleri Energia in Finland and the Lithuanian investment company Lords LB Asset Management on the acquisition of wind farms with a combined capacity of 186 MW from the developer European Energy A/S.
When starting a new business, it can be a challenging task to establish a sustainable financial infrastructure from the very beginning. For investors focusing on start-ups, one of the most difficult tasks is determining how to price the investment.
Our Deals and Tax professionals advised the smart sonar manufacturer Deeper UAB and its shareholders on the sale of the company’s shares to the Polish private equity company Resource Partners.
PwC Lithuania´s team conducted vendor financial and tax due diligence of the project.
Largest deals conducted by our Lithuanian Deals and Tax team in 2019.
