Deals

Deal types

A merger_and_acquisition event carries a deal_type. There are 18 values:

Acquisition, Merger, AssetPurchase, JointVenture, Investment, Divestiture, SpinOut, ReverseMerger, ManagementBuyout, SchemeOfArrangement, TenderOffer, SqueezeOut, ShareExchange, ShareTransfer, Demerger, Amalgamation, StakeBuilding, Other

Deal statuses

And a deal_status, one of 7:

Announced, Pending, PendingApproval, Completed, Terminated, Withdrawn, Other

Classify by deal_type

The event summary is a readable line for a list view. If you're writing copy or classifying deals, read deal_type and deal_status, which are controlled values. A summary can say bought when the structured type is StakeBuilding.

Filtering deals

DealType, DealStatus and Jurisdiction are all filterable in search_events. On the REST API the same filters apply to GET /v1/events when eventType=merger_and_acquisition.