2017 M&A Trends and Expectations for 2018
Categories: Corporate and M&A
Israel’s M&A activity over the course of 2017, saw a rebound to the more frenetic pace of 2014 and 2015, with 131 transactions taking place, a contrast with the more restrained showing in 2016. Transactions in the Israeli market also broke the billion dollar mark on three occasions in 2017, thanks to the purchase of Mobileye by Intel, for a consideration of USD 15.3 billion, the purchase of NeuroDerm by the Mitsubishi Tanabe Corporation for USD 1.1 billion, and the purchase of part of the women’s health wing of Teva by CooperSurgical, also for USD 1.1 billion.
