“The Irish M&A market is just coming off a record-breaking year, where we saw record levels of capital invested, and on an international scale never witnessed before,” said, a partner with the Philip Lee and co-author of a new quarterly Irish cross-border deals report.
“In terms of deal flow for the year ahead, there is no doubt that the current geopolitical crisis is going to affect both initial expectations for 2022 and the resolve of target companies and their bidders to transact. That said, as was the case during the pandemic, some sectors are likely to continue to thrive, such as the technology and renewable energy sectors.
“Irish companies made acquisitions in 28 different countries across the globe and across a range of sectors, this being the widest geographic reach we have seen over the last decade,” said Mr Doyle. Two massive deals drove the total tally last year. Irish aircraft-leasing firm AerCap Holdings acquired rival