Mergers and acquisitions in Latin America moved US$ 5,565 million in January 2022

The transactional market of Latin America registered a total of 234 mergers and acquisitions in January of this year, between announced and closed, which allowed it to accumulate US$ 5,565 million. The figure was equivalent to a 22% increase in the number of operations compared to the same month in 2021; however, it represented a 42% decline in the amount of these, according to a report by Transactional Track Record and Datasite.

According to the report, Brazil led the ranking of the most active countries in the region with 176 operations (+61%); however, its mobilized capital was reduced by 49% and reached US$ 4,092 million.

Mexico continued on the list with 20 operations (+5%) and an amount of US$447 million, more than double that of 2020. For its part, Argentina recorded 17 operations (-6%) and US$451 million mobilized, which meant an increase of 61%.

Chile followed with 13 operations (-55%) and a decrease of 98% with US$ 43 million mobilized. Colombia closed the list with 11 operations (-48%) with US$ 1,007 million, and Peru with seven operations with a decrease of up to 99%, to US$ million.

Performance of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Asset Acquisition

In the first month of 2022, 13 private capital operations were registered for a total of US$280 million. The result meant a decline of 38% in the number of operations and 91% in the amount, in relation to a similar period in 2021.

In the venture capital segment, 71 operations were carried out and accumulated US$ 1,171 million, which implied a slowdown of 25% and 29%, respectively, in relation to January 2021.

Finally, the acquisition of assets reported 17 operations for US$ 1,589 million; that is, 29% less operations and 40% less in the amount with respect to the same month of the previous year.

With information from AFP