The Terra Alliance held its 40th international M&A conference last week in Chicago, hosted by North American member firm, Origin Merchant Partners. The meeting marked the 20th anniversary of the Alliance which was originally formed in 2002. Over the course of two days over 30 delegates, representing 13 member firms, dived into global economic and commercial

The Terra Alliance held its 39th international M&A conference last week in Lisbon, hosted by Portuguese member firm, Banco Finantia. Narciso Mela, Head of Corporate Finance at Finantia said: “This is our first face to face meeting since the end of lockdown and it has been a pleasure welcoming our international colleagues to Portugal at this

Terra Alliance is pleased to announce the results of a record-breaking 2021 and its continued growing presence in the global M&A and corporate finance markets.  In 2021, its member firms completed 110 transactions with a combined deal value of more than US$69 billion. For the five years to December 2021, member firms completed more than

Terra Alliance is pleased to announce that its 16 member firms: › for 2020, completed 101 transactions with a combined value of more than US$8 billion; and › for the five years to December 2020, completed more than 500 transactions with a combined value of more than US$48 billion. Set out below is a summary

Vivendi has sold 10% of the share capital of Universal Music Group (UMG) to a Tencent-led consortium based on an enterprise value of €30 billion for 100%. The consortium has an option to acquire, on the same valuation basis, an additional amount of up to 10% of UMG until January 15,2021. The consortium is led

Tru Kids Inc, the US-based parent company of Toys“R”Us® and Babies“R”Us®, and Hobby Warehouse Pty Ltd in Australia today announced an exclusive licensing agreement which will see the Toys“R”Us® and Babies“R”Us® brands return to Australia and make their debut in New Zealand. The new license agreement, effective today, includes rights for Hobby Warehouse to sell

The Terra Alliance held its 35th international M&A conference on the 25th and 26th of April in Madrid, hosted by the Spanish member firm, Sabadell Corporate Finance. Over 30 delegates, representing 16 member firms from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe, benefitted from sharing cross-border M&A opportunities, local market insight and emerging global sector

In February 2019, Worms Safety successfully completed its acquisition of Qualspec Group, an Australia-headquartered testing, inspection and audit company, with main operations in China Pickering Pacific acted as exclusive financial advisor to Worms Safety on this transaction. Worms Safety is a global alliance of quality management specialists in specific product categories that enables customers to

A key player in the raw, ready-to-eat vegetable sector in Europe with the Florette brand, Agrial’s Fresh Produce division is consolidating its UK presence by securing procurement of raw materials and is ceding its Swiss and Italian activity to the Spanish agri-food group GAC (Grupo Alimentario Citrus). The threefold growth of the Créaline factory additionally

Terra Alliance is pleased to announce that: › for 2018, its 16 firms completed more than 100 transactions with a combined value of more than US$11 billion, a 64% increase on the combined value of transactions completed for 2017; and › for the five years to December 2018, its 16 firms completed more than 490

Sabadell Corporate Finance is pleased to announce it has advised the sale of a 50% shareholding stake in 2 wind farms with an installed capacity of 53 MW located in Seville and Jerez de la Frontera. This transaction demonstrates the strong interest from Spanish investors in the renewable energy sector and its importance within the