The value of the deals made public was therefore 51% lower this year.
The largest deal was the acquisition of carmaker Ford Romania by Ford Otosan Netherlands for $785 million, followed by the acquisition of a NPL portfolio in Romania by APS Holdings Corporation from Bank of Cyprus for $158 million. There was also the acquisition of wind farm Beta Wind by Energias de Portugal via EDP Renovaveis for $136 million and the acquisition of EXPO Business Park by S IMMO for $108 million.
Strategic investors remain the dominant actors of the M&A market in Romania, accounting for 89% of transactions.
Domestic transactions increased by 45% in the first half of 2022 compared with the year-ago period, to 55, while inbound deals increased by merely 9% to 49.
Most active investors came from the US (5 deals), Netherlands, Poland, Belgium and UK (4 deals each).
Technology (15 deals), real estate (12), diversified industrial products (6), healthcare (5), telecommunications, media and entertainment and energy and utilities (4 deals each) were the most active sectors in terms of M&A.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)