As presented in this Thomson Reuters Mid-Market M&A Review for the first half of 2015, worldwide announced mid-market M&A deals valued up to $500 million totaled US$440.9 billion, reflecting a 6.3% increase year-on-year.
The Americas region (by target domicile) led the market, with over US$125.3 billion of announced deal activity, representing a 28.4% share of the market. The European region (by target domicile) led the market in terms of deal count, with 6,796 transactions, representing 33.6% of the 20,204 deals announced worldwide. The Real Estate sector comprised 15.0% of announced value, followed by High Technology, and Industrials, with 14% and 12.4% of the total market, respectively.