This morning our colleagues Pablo Gómez Hidalgo de Cisneros, Director and Fernando Cabos, Partner at IMAP Albia Capital, gave a talk to the students of the Master in Management at IE Business School where they talked about M&A and in general about the dynamics of corporate transactions. Thank you very much. It has been a […]

Javier Zarraonandia Corporate Development Director   2021 has been a year of contrasts in terms of business performance, with some extremely dynamic sectors and others that are suffering the effects of the pandemic. The appearance of new and unforeseen variables such as inflation, supply chain difficulties, energy costs, etc., have slowed the recovery. It is […]

IMAP closed an all time high 294 M&A transactions valued at over $27 billion in 2021. The figure marked a significant jump up from the 212 transactions closed in 2020 and far surpassed the previous IMAP annual record of 230 transactions closed in 2019. A unique combination of low interest rates, aggressive investors flush with […]

Alcorta Forging Group (AFG), a centennial forging company based in Elgoibar (Gipuzkoa, Spain), has acquired the New Boston Plant (Detroit, MI), previously owned by the LC Manufacturing Group.   This acquisition is part of a diversification process planned by AFG from a double perspective: (i) geographical, by increasing its sales outside of Europe and (ii) […]