1. What proportion of transactions have involved a financial
sponsor as a buyer or seller in the jurisdiction over the last 24
months?
There has been a marked increase in the number of transactions
involving financial sponsors in the Irish market over the last 24
months, although this is simply an acceleration of a general trend
that has been seen in the Irish M&A market over a number of
years.
To put that increased activity in context, in 2020 financial
sponsors were involved in approximately one quarter of all deals
undertaken in the market. This further increased in 2021such that
financial sponsors were involved in one in every three transaction
– being 57 of a total of 169 transactions undertaken. We
expect a similar market share in 2022 once the data on transaction
volume and value is released in the early part of 2023.
