Second quarter breaks record of mergers and acquisitions The Brazilian market may present a record number of mergers and acquisitions this year, if it maintains the pace of transactions presented in the first half of the year. In the second quarter, and in the last 12 months, until June, there was a record number of…

Recovery will guide mergers and acquisitions of companies in Brazil in 2018. The recovery of the Brazilian economy and falling interest rates are likely to change the nature of merger and acquisition activity in the country in 2018, from sales pressured by scandals to transactions driven by investor bets on resumption of economic growth, say…