US M&A Outlook: Rebounding Market Fuels Optimism for Deal Activity in 2021 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: After nearly a decade of growth, global M&A activity in the first quarter of 2020 was down 39.1% by deal value year over year — comparable to levels seen in the first quarter of 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis. The chilling effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of the year translated to a significant backlog of M&A transactions. Approaching the end of 2020, however, dealmaking returned in full force, despite the ongoing human challenges imposed by the pandemic. Coupled with cautious optimism around the effe...