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  • Service: Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Type: Regulatory update
  • Date: 1/18/2013

Switzerland - M&A activity in 2012, outlook for 2013 

January 18:   The past year saw an increase in both the number and, notably, the value of mergers and acquisitions with Swiss involvement.

Over the course of the year, the amount of transactions conducted increased by 11%. The total value of the transactions (US $116 billion) rose by +56% compared to 2011— whereas numerous companies concentrated on North America. Apart from commodity trading companies, Swiss industrials proved to be particularly active.


Global trends—such as clearly growing confidence in a recovery of the U.S. economy, political and economic developments in China and the Asia-Pacific region and, last but not least, turbulent events in the “euro zone”—have had a strong impact on M&A activities in Switzerland. The Swiss economy continues to experience stable growth rates, and more companies than last year have taken advantage of the opportunity to improve their strategic positioning through M&A.


Read KPMG’s M&A Yearbook 2013 [PDF 5.13 MB] prepared by the KPMG member firm in Switzerland.




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