If your company is eying an international merger or acquisition, this might be the right time to press the “buy” button. According to a new Baker & McKenzie report, “Going Global: Strategy and Execution in Cross-Border M&A” [PDF], there’s been a post-recession rise in successful cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Based on data and research from FT Remark and Mergermarket, the report reveals a post-crisis high deal value of $263.1 billion in the first quarter of 2014, and the highest annual volume (4,785 deals) since 2008.
The report suggests that the majority of the international M&A deals in the survey period were successful: 350 companies reported that 86 percent of their most recent cross-border deals were a success, and 34 percent showed interest in undertaking another cross-border transaction in the next two years.
