Medium-sized firms to dominate M&A activity this year

Merger and acquisitions (M&A) in 2007 will be dominated by privately owned medium-sized companies across a range of sectors, according to the latest edition of Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking’s Irish Business Review.

Irish companies were involved in acquisitions and disposals worth more than €15bn last year, an increase of more than 20% on 2005. Bank of Ireland is forecasting this to continue and accelerate in 2007.