Österreichs M&A-Markt 2018

Abstract

The most interesting details concerning the Austrian MA A decrease in transaction volume by 13,8%; An increase in average transaction size in the mid- and small-size transaction segment by 4,4% to € 16,22 Mio. - a new maximum; At its fourth time, the number of foreign buyers of Austrian companies surpassed the number of Austrian buyers of foreign companies; this year the difference was significant, so that the thesis appears to be justified that Austria is changing from a (net) buyer’s country to a seller’s country; The relative share in number of transactions with CEE-countries is the lowest since the fall of the Iron Curtain; A significant decrease of transactions following insolvency proceedings or restructurings, combined with the highest share of crossborder transactions in this category within the observation period;