{"id":775394,"date":"2021-05-21T14:49:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T11:49:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-05-21T14:53:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T11:53:18","slug":"znachne-ekonomichne-vidnovlennya-rynku-m-a-v-ukrayini-ochikuyetsya-u-2021-rotsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/znachne-ekonomichne-vidnovlennya-rynku-m-a-v-ukrayini-ochikuyetsya-u-2021-rotsi\/","title":{"rendered":"A significant economic recovery is anticipated for the Ukrainian M&A market in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>London\/Kyiv, 21 May 2021:<\/em><\/strong> M&A activity is poised to gain momentum in the second half of this year according to a new report from Aequo and Mergermarket.<\/p>\n

Catching the rebound: M&A in Ukraine<\/em><\/a><\/strong> provides valuable insights into key trends in Ukrainian M&A in the face of Covid-19, whilst looking forward to how Ukraine\u2019s economic landscape looks set to develop in 2021 and beyond.<\/p>\n

Total disclosed Ukrainian M&A deal value in 2020 dropped to just \u20ac171m, the lowest annual total since 2015. Meanwhile, deal volume proved more robust as investors continued to back smaller deals. Ukraine bore witness to 54 transactions across 2020, higher than that recorded in any year between 2014 and 2017, albeit still a drop from the 87 deals logged in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cM&A activity in Ukraine has been in line with the world\u2019s trends and followed the pandemic curve as other countries,\u201d<\/em> says Anna Babych, partner and head of M&A at Aequo<\/strong>. \u201cDuring the lockdown in early spring, we witnessed clients becoming extremely cautious. However, from June onwards, activity started to restore.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A fall in foreign investment played an important part in Ukraine\u2019s dealmaking downturn. In 2019, nearly nine out of every ten M&A dollars invested into Ukraine came from overseas entities, this declined sharply in 2020 with inbound deals accounting for just 31% of overall deal volume and 52% of disclosed deal value.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of the split in M&A deals between domestic and foreign players, in most cases local companies were more active last year,\u201d<\/em> says Denis Lysenko, managing partner at Aequo<\/strong>. \u201cWe have seen that some of the foreign strategic players were looking to exit in order to focus on their home markets.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Following a sharp Covid-related contraction of 4.2%, the Ukrainian economy is expected to return to growth in 2021, projected to expand by 4%. This rebound, while reliant on many factors, could see M&A activity in the country reach new heights going into 2022.<\/p>\n

Further key findings from the report include:<\/strong><\/p>\n