From 4-5 April, over 120 IMAP professionals representing 21 countries will gather at the Grand Hyatt Vail Hotel in Colorado for IMAP’s Spring 2023 Conference, hosted by Capstone Partners – IMAP USA. The conference sessions will primarily be dedicated to IMAP corporate strategy, business development and deepening the ties between the colleagues who have travelled […]

IMAP closed 47 M&A transactions valued at over $2 billion in the first quarter of 2023. While the figure was down from previous quarters it was not as low as initially expected. At the macro level, interest rate hikes, persistently high inflation, financial market instability, and fears of a recession put a damper on dealmaking

Congratulations to the IMAP Albia Capital – M&A, Mergers and Acquisitions Team, who worked on the closing of the acquisition of Gabiteco by Groupe Kardham already announced in the last weeks, Aitor Cayero, Partner, and César Claver Gómez, Analyst, for their place as category finalists in the annual awards given within our IMAP World Organization

Ricardo Dávila and Francisco José Hidalgo-Barquero, our partners in Madrid and founders of Empresax.com, organize every month an incredible #networking event in which to share experiences and knowledge around M&A and current corporate issues. Yesterday, Thursday, the “CañaX” of March took place with a resounding success. Congratulations and thanks to all attendees for coming!

The dermatology and cosmetics sector is experiencing significant M&A activity due to the fact that it is an atomized sector that stands out for its growth expectations and high margins, with larger companies being significantly more profitable due to economies of scale. All this leads to such transactions both by companies in the sector and

What should we understand by Corporate Strategy? Corporate strategy should be understood as the actions that an organization must undertake to face its long-term development and guarantee its continuity in the global market. Basically it includes all those movements that the company makes in the areas of: Integration: with other activities/companies, taking advantage of the

IMAP Albia Capital has advised Groupe Kardham on the acquisition of GABITECO, a family-owned business specializing in design&build, providing design, architecture and project management services of workspaces for companies and corporations. This acquisition provides Kardham with a local presence and perfect knowledge of the Spanish market to support its clients’ developments in Southern Europe. Likewise,

IMAP Albia Capital takes a new step in its growth plan by integrating Empresax, a boutique specialized in corporate transactions, led by Francisco José Hidalgo-Barquero and Ricardo Dávila, thus positioning itself as one of the leading companies in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Spain. According to Fernando Cabos, partner at IMAP Albia Capital: “As in

IMAP partners around the world closed 238 M&A deals worth more than $26 billion in 2022. Total deal volume for IMAP in 2022 was down from the record high set in 2021, but beat expectations as the mid-market M&A environment held strong despite challenging macroeconomic conditions. Persistently high inflation, rising interest rates, stock market volatility

  During the IMAP Fall 2022 Conference in Bilbao IMAP Chairman Jurgis V. Oniunas was interviewed by Maite Martinez from El Economista regarding the future of M&A amicurrent market uncertainty and high inflation. Click here to read the original interview in Spanish and here to download the pdf. Please see the full article translation below. “There are trillions