2024 M&A Year in Review - Flipbook - Page 85
M&A Year in Review | 2024
Middle East and North Africa
The lowered intensity of hostilities throughout the
Middle East has brought a measure of stability to
the region. The ability of international and regional
players to maintain the relative calm and further
reduce tensions will be critical for dealmaking
throughout the region and across the globe. The
prospects of normalizing relations among Israel,
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and other countries
in the region will have a transformative effect on
regional and international trade.
In Israel, the economy has demonstrated resilience
and there is demand for international investment
in various areas of the economy, including
technology, life sciences, defense, and energy, by
investors who were previously wary of committing.
Emerging political arrangements and administrations,
including in Syria and Gaza, will provide significant
infrastructure reconstruction and other rebuilding
and development opportunities.
The Middle East, particularly the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, is receiving increased investments coming
from the West and the East. Chinese companies are
rushing into the Kingdom, as they discover a
fast-growing market for infrastructure and
manufacturing products, driven in part by the
relatively wealthy population of many Gulf States,
and from a recently improved political relationship
between China and Saudi Arabia.
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