Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 34.38% in cross border deal activity during January 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Brookfield Asset Management’s $1.02bn private equity deal with Cupa Group, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 21 construction & real estate industry cross border deals worth $1.5bn were announced for the region in January 2022, against the 12-month average of 32 deals.
Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in January 2022 with 14 transactions, representing a 66.7% share for the region.
In second place was private equity with five deals, followed by venture financing deals with two transactions, respectively capturing a 23.8% and 9.5% share of the overall cross border deal activity for the month.

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By GlobalDataIn terms of value of cross border deals, private equity was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $1.07bn, while M&A and venture financing deals totalled $397.74m and $14.73m, respectively.
Europe construction & real estate industry cross border deals in January 2022: Top deals
The top five construction & real estate cross border deals accounted for 99.6% of the overall value during January 2022.
The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border deals stood at $1.48bn, against the overall value of $1.5bn recorded for the month.
The top five construction & real estate industry cross border deals of January 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Brookfield Asset Management $1.02bn private equity deal with Cupa Group
2) The $385.16m acquisition of PRB Group by Holcim
3) Starwood Capital Group Management $56.48m private equity deal for 22% stake in DoveVivo
4) The $14.73m venture financing of Evernest by Bonsai Partners,Kibo Ventures and Prudence
5) MCG global $6.8m acquisition deal with DCB (Kent)