Total construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals worth $4.2bn were announced in Europe in May 2022, led by GIC and Greystar Real Estate Partners’ $4.17bn private equity deal with Student Roost, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 80% over the previous month of $2.35bn and a rise of 213.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of $1.35bn.

Europe held a 79.81% share of the global construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deal value that totalled $5.3bn in May 2022. With a 78.68% share and deals worth $4.17bn, the UK was the top country in Europe’s cross border M&A deal value across construction & real estate industry.

In terms of cross border M&A deal activity, Europe recorded 26 deals during May 2022, marking an increase of 30.00% over the previous month and a rise of 13.04% over the 12-month average. Germany recorded five deals during the month.

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Europe construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals in May 2022: Top deals

The top three construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals accounted for 100% of the overall value during May 2022.

The combined value of the top three construction & real estate cross border deals stood at $4.23bn, against the overall value of $4.2bn recorded for the month.

The top five construction & real estate industry cross border M&A deals of May 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) GIC and Greystar Real Estate Partners $4.17bn private equity deal with Student Roost

2) The $64.89m acquisition of 48.8% stake in Etalon Group by JSFC Sistema

3) Fasadgruppen Sverige $0.16m acquisition deal for Murmestrene Fjeldheim Knudsen