Mergers and acquisitions in Israel and Russia. A comparison

Russia has been one of the world leaders in the M-A market development for a few years. The number of domestic and international M-A agreements concluded in Russia is constantly growing. The «SME» players become proactive. They consolidate their small assets in certain economic spheres. The Western (first of all - European) companies show their interest in coming to the Russian market. This is why we think the research into the Russian M-A market best practices is needed. The Russian market comparative analysis has been made when the parallels were made between Russia and (mostly) the Central and Eastern European countries. The comparisons between the Russian market and the Western European markets are rare. Our comparison of the M-A markets in Russia and Israel is the first analysis to be done of such kind. The development trends on both markets are similar. Those two markets have seen fantastic success in the last two years but the ways to gain the success were different in each of the two countries. This is the reason why it is necessary to analyze the potential of the Russian M-A market.