WSP Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Business ServicesCompany

WSP has acquired 25 companies, including 8 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

WSP’s largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Parsons Brinckerhoff Group for $1.2B. WSP has acquired in 5 different US states, and 11 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include engineering (55%) and business services (21%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity24
    • M&A Buy Activity24
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 11
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 6

WSP

WSP Global, Inc.

1600 Rene-Levesque Blvd. West 16th Floor,
Montreal, Quebec H3H 1P9
Canada,
(514) 340-0046
www.wsp.com

WSP is a professional services firms, WSP provides technical expertise and strategic advice to clients in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors. Company also offer highly specialized services in project delivery and strategic consulting. Company experts include engineers, advisors, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. With approximately 36,000 talented people in 500 offices across 40 countries. WSP was founded in 1885 and is based in Montreal, Canada.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (1.4/yr) # 17 1 - 1 4 1 24
vol $2.5B $2.5B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  24

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
BG Ingenieurs Conseils SA 2023-01-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Lausanne, Switzerland · www.bg-21.com
Enstruct group pty Ltd. 2022-12-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Sydney, Australia · www.enstruct.com.au
John Wood Group - Environment & Infrastructure business 2022-09-21 - Divestiture
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure Ltd. 2022-08-02 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.capitaproperty.co.uk
GL Hearn Ltd. 2022-08-02 - Divestiture
London, United Kingdom · www.glhearn.com
Englekirk Structural Engineers 2021-10-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Los Angeles, California · www.englekirk.com
Elton Consulting Group Pty Ltd. 2019-11-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Sydney, Australia · www.elton.com.au
Berger Group Holdings, Inc. 2018-07-30 400M USD Add-on Acquisition
Morristown, New Jersey · www.louisberger.com
Opus International Consultants Ltd. 2017-11-27 - Add-on Acquisition
Wellington, New Zealand · www.opus.co.nz
Consultoría Colombiana S.A. (ConCol) 2017-11-02 - Add-on Acquisition
Bogota, Colombia · www.concol.com
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Engineering 13 (54%) 2.4B (99%) - -
Business Services 5 (21%) 37M (1%) - -
Environmental 2 (8%) - - -
Real Estate 2 (8%) - - -
Construction 1 (4%) - - -
Software 1 (4%) - - -
Total 24 $2.5B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 5 1.6B - -
  Texas 1 - - -
  New York 1 1.2B - -
  New Jersey 1 400M - -
  Connecticut 1 - - -
  California 1 - - -
United Kingdom 4 37M - -
Canada 3 791M - -
  Ontario 1 425M - -
  British Columbia 1 - - -
  Alberta 1 366M - -
Sweden 3 - - -
Australia 2 - - -
Colombia 2 - - -
Chile 1 - - -
France 1 - - -
New Zealand 1 - - -
Norway 1 - - -
Switzerland 1 - - -
Domestic 3 (13%) 791M (32%) - -
Cross-border 21 (88%) 1.7B (68%) - -
Total 24 $2.5B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
CIBC Capital Markets
3
Barclays Investment Bank
1
Opus Corporate Finance LLP
1
Legal Deals
Hogan Lovells
1
Nabarro LLP
1
Stikeman Elliott LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.2B
$100M to $1B 3 $1.2B
< $100M 1 $37M
TOTAL $2.5B
Largest Parsons Brinckerhoff Group, Inc.
$1.2B (2014-09-03)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
4%
1 (4%)
Strategic(s)
21%
5 (21%)

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