Asia-Pacific’s construction & real estate industry saw a drop of 23.81% in deal activity during May 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Adani Group’s $6.23bn acquisition deal for 63.1% stake in Ambuja Cements, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 48 construction & real estate industry deals worth $14.5bn were announced for the region in May 2022, against the 12-month average of 63 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in May 2022 with 39 transactions, representing an 81.3% share for the region.

In second place was venture financing with five deals, followed by private equity deals with four transactions, respectively capturing a 10.4% and 8.3% share of the overall deal activity for the month.

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In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Asia-Pacific’s construction & real estate industry with $14bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $514.39m and $24.7m, respectively.

Asia-Pacific construction & real estate industry deals in May 2022: Top deals

The top five construction & real estate deals accounted for 89.5% of the overall value during May 2022.

The combined value of the top five construction & real estate deals stood at $13.01bn, against the overall value of $14.5bn recorded for the month.

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

1) Adani Group $6.23bn acquisition deal for 63.1% stake in Ambuja Cements

2) The $2.57bn acquisition of 26% stake in Ambuja Cements by Adani Group

3) China Railway Group $1.64bn acquisition deal for 33.5% stake in Yunnan Dianzhong Water Diversion Engineering

4) The $1.45bn acquisition of ACC by Adani Group

5) Swan Constructions $1.13bn acquisition deal with Simplex Infrastructures