After successive years of decline, 2017 finally saw Ukrainian M&A return to growth, both in terms of deal flow (22 per cent) and the aggregate value of transactions announced (37 per cent). However, deal activity remains well below the recent peak of 2013, and at just under one per cent of GDP, Ukrainian M&A1 is four times lower than the global average and less than one tenth of US or UK deal making. While this is symptomatic of the turbulent economic and political situation the country has faced over recent years, which inevitably impacted the capacity of domestic investors and …read more
Source: Emerging Europe