The world has continued to make steady progress in recovering from the economic woes that trailed the COVID-19 pandemic. In Nigeria, though the economic growth rate slowed down and declined in 2022 compared to the previous year, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) space flourished and witnessed a number of landmark transactions. This report highlights the trends, key considerations regulatory interventions and transaction dynamics we observed in the Nigerian M&A industry in the course of the year under review and takes a forward look into 2023, highlighting events and issues which we envisage will impact M&A activities in the country in 2023.
