Deal Values In Europe Slightly Higher Than Q1 2014 With M&A Valued At US$ 185.1bn - Mergermarket

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Highlights for Europe include:

• Deal values in Europe were slightly higher than Q1 2014 with M&A valued at US$ 185.1bn, boding well for activity during the rest of 2015 seeing as 2014 ended on a post-crisis high.
• Telecommunications commanded the highest deal value at US$ 42.6bn. Q1 was the second quarterly increase, up 329.1% from Q3 2014, and 136% from Q4 2014.
• Private equity buyout value slid to the lowest quarterly level since Q1 2013 with deals valued at US$ 17bn, a 34.2% decline compared to Q1 2014, and a sharp 63.4% drop after Q4 2014's rebound.
• The UK’s M&A value was more than triple Q1 2014 with US$ 75bn-worth of deals, reaching the highest quarterly value since Q4 2009. Over half (58.5%) of this activity had come from bidders outside of Europe with deals valued at US$ 43.9bn.