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M&A and platform deals on the rise

Indirect Real Estate Investments through the take-over of real estate operating companies – Mergers and Acquisitions

November 20, 2020

Since 2015, in total €52 billion have been invested in this way in the German real estate market. The share of so-called indirect investments in the total investment volume thereby soared to 23% as of Q3 2020; a tremendous increase compared to the 5-7% between 2016-2018 and 12% in 2019. Our white paper elaborates on this development including analyses of the key players, the sector allocation and key drivers underlying M&A activities.