Blog — 6 May, 2021
Deal Trends in Latin America, Issue #13
By Ken Shimokawa and Rubie Pearl Corales
Highlights
In 2020, 876 M&A and Private Placements deals, representing $58.3bn in total transaction value were announced. This represented a decrease of 5% in deal volume and 27% in deal value, when compared to the same period in 2019.
Brazil is once again the #1 most active country representing 61% of all deal volume in the region in 2020.
Utilities and Energy were two of the largest sectors by total deal values in 2020, $16.6bn and $6.6bn respectively.
Deal Trends in Latin America explores deal activity in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. For analysis contained in this report, data was collected on M&A and Private Placements in these countries between 2017 and 2020.
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