Top mergers and acquisitions in France in July 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition involving France in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 6 deals involving France in July 2026, 2 of them with a disclosed value, worth $5.1bn in total. The largest was Thales SA's $4.5bn deal for Exail Technologies, ahead of MDA Space Ltd. and Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) at $647m.
Top mergers and acquisitions in France in July 2026
- 16 JulThales SA → Exail TechnologiesThales agrees €3.9bn deal for Exail TechnologiesIndustrials / Defence and navigation systemsAgreed$4.5bn
- 28 JulMDA Space Ltd. → Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS)MDA Space makes €567m offer for France's CLSTechnology / Earth observation analyticsAnnounced$647m
- 36 JulBanijay Group (Banijay Gaming) → JOABanijay Gaming agrees to buy French casino group JOAConsumer / Casinos and gamingAgreedUndisclosed
- 410 JulMorgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners → Nicollin Environnement (majority stake)Morgan Stanley Infrastructure agrees to buy majority of NicollinIndustrials / Waste managementAgreedUndisclosed
- 516 JulOmio Group → Rail EuropeOmio buys Rail Europe to build a rail ticketing heavyweightTransport / Rail ticket distributionCompletedUndisclosed
- 623 JulWDP (Warehouses De Pauw) → Argan SAWDP agrees all-share merger with ArganReal estate / Logistics REITAgreedUndisclosed