The age of megadeals

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2025. 03. 28. 17:26

Although the number of deals has decreased by 17%, the increase in high-value company purchase transactions clearly signals a recovery on the transaction (mergers and acquisitions – M&A) market, according to PwC’s Global M&A Industry Trends 2025 survey.

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/4.

Lower macroeconomic volatility and a rise in the number of deals could bring about the long-awaited recovery on the M&A market. Between 2023 and 2024 global deal values increased by 5%, and the number of deals above USD 1bn rose by 17%. The number of megadeals soared by 17% and they also became broader: there were more than 500 deals with a value over USD 1bn in 2024,, including 72 deals that were worth more than USD 5bn – back in 2023 there were only 61 of these. //