Europe’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 18.75% in cross border deal activity during June 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Qatar Investment Authority’s $111m private equity deal for 36.5% stake in Sk Holdco, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 26 construction & real estate industry cross border deals worth $202.3m were announced for the region in June 2022, against the 12-month average of 32 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in June 2022 with 14 transactions, representing a 53.9% share for the region.

In second place was private equity with eight deals, followed by venture financing deals with four transactions, respectively capturing a 30.8% and 15.4% share of the overall cross border deal activity for the month.

In terms of value of cross border deals, private equity was the leading category in Europe’s construction & real estate industry with $140.95m, while venture financing and M&A deals totalled $55.33m and $6.04m, respectively.

Europe construction & real estate industry cross border deals in June 2022: Top deals

The top five construction & real estate cross border deals accounted for 97.5% of the overall value during June 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate cross border deals stood at $197.31m, against the overall value of $202.3m recorded for the month.

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

1) Qatar Investment Authority $111m private equity deal for 36.5% stake in Sk Holdco

2) The $42.06m venture financing of Masteos by Daphni and DST Global

3) Hillhouse Investment $29.95m private equity deal with Ekornes

4) The $8.25m venture financing of ecoworks by Blackhorn Ventures Capital Management,JLL Spark Global Venture Fund,Motu ventures Management,PropTech1 Venture Services,WAREMA Renkhoff and Zacua Ventures

5) Nordisk Bergteknik $6.04m acquisition deal with Snemyr Betongsproyting