Below is a link to our January 2012 Market Update. As you will see, it provides our latest sense of M&A values, activity and trends. This month, to reflect our increased activity in Asia, we have added a sector for Asia Pacific technology companies (see page 17).
Click here for our Market Update
2012 seems to be starting much as 2011, with credit markets relatively tight but plenty of interest in firms that have scale, growth, and proprietary technology. As you will see in the pages that follow – for 2011, overall transaction volume in the sectors we serve increased about 5% above 2010.
2011 was a strong year for us too – our strongest ever – and we thank our clients and friends for their support. We worked with them in Brussels, Doha, London, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Vancouver, and more. Along the way, we won some awards: The M&A Advisor named our firm a finalist for Boutique Investment Bank of the Year. The Association for Corporate Growth, together with The M&A Advisor awarded our firm six “Deal-of-the-Year” awards, including Corporate and Strategic Acquisition-of-the-Year, Middle Market Deal-of-the-Year, and Information Technology Deal-of-the-Year. In December, the M&A Advisor honored two transactions on which we advised as part of their special “Deals of the Decade” Celebration. We added staff in 2011 and opened an office in Hong Kong. A few weeks ago, we announced the addition of Tom Conigliaro, an industry veteran and Goldman Sachs alumnus, to our team in New York. We have been busy.