{"id":7105,"date":"2025-08-18T07:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/?page_id=7105"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:33:20","slug":"dealsanddrinks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haavind.no\/en\/dealsanddrinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Haavind Deals &#038; Drinks 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"template-page alignwide wp-block-dekode-hero\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__inner_blocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Haavind Deals &#038; Drinks 2025<\/h1>\n\n\n<p>Thank you to all who attended&nbsp;<strong>Haavind Deals &amp; Drinks 2025<\/strong>. Your participation is highly appreciated. We believe bringing together experienced practitioners and decision-makers from across the M&amp;A landscape, is key to creating a meeting place with good discussions and interesting new connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed dekode-gtm-iframe-preview is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Deals &amp; Drinks 2025\" data-cookieconsent=\"marketing\" data-cookieblock-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1112861447?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t<div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-marketing dekode-gtm-cookie-consent-video-placeholder\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dekode-gtm-cookie-consent is-block-core-embed is-provider-vimeo\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.vimeocdn.com\/video\/2051227669-e29a47bdc2e2d2ac6a6f0f21fc6f724d3ee15e942346e03b4685e9e5ab3a7dea-d_295x166?region=us\" alt=\"vimeo\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cookie-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"iframe-preview-text\">This content is loaded from a third-party website, and Haavind cannot guarantee what information is obtained. Please see our privacy policy for more information.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking forward, the M&amp;A market stands out for its resilience and renewed momentum. New opportunities are emerging for both established dealmakers and newcomers, with an expanded focus across sectors and company types.  Below, we\u2019ve distilled the key opportunity areas identified and discussed by our expert speakers. <br><br><strong>Nordic M&amp;A Opportunities \u2013 Key Takeaways <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/haavind.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Favicon.png\" alt=\"Site Icon\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Competitive pipeline and investor appetite:<\/strong>&nbsp;After the slowdown in 2022\u20132023, the Nordic M&amp;A market has rebounded with strong momentum. There is a healthy pipeline of high-quality assets, competitive buyer fields, and valuation levels often matching or approaching the 2021 peak. This creates real opportunities, especially for well-prepared sellers and active buyers.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">Second- and third-tier companies now in focus:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;The market is expanding beyond just \u201ctop-tier\u201d assets. Even companies previously considered less desirable for M&amp;A are successfully attracting multiple bidders, increasing opportunities for a broader range of businesses to participate in transactions.<\/span><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">PE pressure and strategic capital:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;Private equity sponsors have more \u201cdry powder\u201d than ever, and are under increasing pressure from LPs to deploy funds. This, alongside strategic buyers with strengthened balance sheets post-2023, offers significant funding and exit opportunities in coming months.<\/span><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">Sector hot spots:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;Business services, TMT (Technology, Media, Telecom), healthcare, and industrial\/defense remain focal points for deals. The emergence of dedicated \u201cdefense sector teams\u201d signals new sectoral M&amp;A opportunities in response to geopolitical dynamics.<\/span><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">International interest:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Over 40% of acquisition activity in large, competitive deals is driven by international buyers, supporting both cross-border opportunities and elevated valuations.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">Buy &amp; build scalability:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp; <\/span>The Aider example underlines how rapid scaling is possible with a buy-and-build approach focused as much on talent as on revenue, delivering organic growth and using innovative capital such as bond financing, enabling smaller companies to benefit as well.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">People\u2014and culture\u2014matter:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;Acquisitions focused on cultural fit and people (not just financials) lead to more sustainable post-merger integration and lasting value creation. This \u201ctalent-first\u201d approach is emerging as a Nordic competitive advantage.<\/span> <br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">Infrastructure deal flow is accelerating:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;Institutional allocations to infrastructure in the Nordics are growing. The region\u2019s investment needs for energy, transport, digital, data centers, and nearshoring, open up a wave of small and mid-cap opportunities, especially as private capital steps in while public spending shifts toward defense and welfare.<\/span><br> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">Favorable fundamentals for Nordic infrastructure:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;Compared to most European markets, the Nordics are seen as offering lower regulatory risk, stable institutions, and faster growth. Market neglect of infrastructure renewals means ongoing opportunities for investors across power grids, railways, and digital sectors.<\/span><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">Company transformation unlocks value:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;Orkla\u2019s transition to an industrial investment company, with carve-outs, tailored incentives, and lean corporate structures, led to significant shareholder value creation, demonstrating that business model change can be a major opportunity for value unlocking.<\/span><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">Deal process innovation pays off:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;Process design and preparation are essential, warming up buyers in advance, balancing competition vs. overhype, and structuring clear, navigable transactions increases deal success in a still fragile market.<\/span><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\">Flexible dealmaking:<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial;\">&nbsp;With longer processes, rising execution risk and valuation challenges, creative approaches and flexible deal terms become more important, offering more ways for both buyers and sellers to get deals across the line.<\/span><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Forward momentum\u2014don&#8217;t wait:<\/strong>&nbsp;Rising confidence, a strong deal pipeline, and increasing competition mark this as a window for action. Proactive M&amp;A strategies in 2025 are most likely to capture the upswing before the next cycle of uncertainty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope these key takeaways guide your strategies and inspire collaboration in the months ahead as the market continues to evolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to seeing you at <strong>Haavind Deals &amp; Drinks 19 August 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\t<div \n\t\tclass=\"template-page alignwide wp-block-haavind-block-contact-people\" id=\"contact\"\t\t>\n\t\t<h2 class=\"post-featured-title\">Contact <\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"block-contact-people-list\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"t2-featured-content-layout alignwide wp-block-t2-featured-content-layout\">\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-person sector-aviation sector-construction sector-finance sector-private-equity sector-real-estate speciality-banking-and-finance speciality-corporate role-partner wp-block-t2-featured-single-post\">\n<div 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