Construction MA – Review of 2018

Last year saw significant corporate and M&A activity in the construction sector. There was the negative impact of the collapse of Carillion, but also positive M&A Activity.

2019 looks like it will be a busy year with continuing uncertainty over Brexit, increased interest from overseas buyers and with succession planning an ongoing driver for deal activity.

In this article, James Hutchinson looks back at 2018 and picks five cases which provide useful lessons about avoiding problems on deals.