Latin America’s M&A market recorded USD 58.9bn in deal value in 1H26, up 29% year over year and the strongest first half since 1H21. More than one-third of that value came from sponsor-backed transactions, which reached USD 20.7bn across 78 deals — the second highest six-month total on record, according to Mergermarket data.
Activity was concentrated in a handful of blockbuster transactions, however, pushing overall deal count down to 535 from 617 a year earlier.
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