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Strong Sales, Easy Money Boost Civil Aerospace M&A Action
Investors like the continued strong trading conditions for airliner manufacturers and the aerospace food chain that supports them.
Michael Richter, Lazard’s head of aerospace and defense investment banking, sees no break in a busy period of mergers and acquisitions activity in the civil aerospace sector.
Michael Richter, Lazard’s head of aerospace and defense investment banking, sees no break in a busy period of mergers and acquisitions activity in the civil aerospace sector.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the civil aerospace sector appears set to continue on a bullish track driven by the prospect of further strong airliner sales, according to Michael Richter, head of aerospace and defense investment banking with financial advisory and asset management group Lazard. Speaking to AIN just ahead of this month’s Paris Air Show, he explained that huge reserves of low-interest capital are fueling desire for takeovers by strategically motived aerospace firms and investors from the financial communities.