ProfessionalsCeecee Q. Yao

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U.S. M&A surged last month, despite declines globally. After three months of declines, U.S. deal count and total deal value increased 27% and 5.4%, respectively. U.S. strategic deals made a particularly strong showing, up 54% in…
Despite being a record-breaking year overall, 2021 ended on a bit of a down note. Both U.S. and global sponsor-related M&A deal value dropped significantly in December, with total deal value down 51% in the U.S. and 33% globally…
After rebounding in the latter part of 2020, M&A activity continued to gain steam into 2021. The $2.6 trillion in total U.S. deal value for 2021 was an increase of 75% over 2020, and the $5.6 trillion in total global deal value…
Sponsor-related M&A deals rebounded in November after a relatively slow October. Total deal value increased by 181% in the U.S. and by 159% globally, even as the number of sponsor-related transactions decreased for the third…
U.S. and global M&A activity decreased across almost all measures in October as compared to September. The number of U.S. deals decreased by 47% and total U.S. deal value was down by 27%. Globally, deal count declined by 30%, and …
U.S. M&A activity decreased 6% by deal count and 12% by total deal value in September. Globally, deal count also decreased 5%, and total deal value decreased 4%. Nevertheless, September still saw the second highest number of deals …
U.S. M&A activity by deal count rose in August by 43%, while remaining relatively flat globally. This rise was offset by decreases in average deal size, as total deal value decreased in the U.S. and globally by 27% and 11%,…
Total U.S. and global M&A deal value rose in July by 34.8% and 35.8%, respectively, despite a decline in the overall number of deals. This rise was driven largely by strategic activity, which saw deal value increase by 111.0% in…
While U.S. and global M&A activity declined in June relative to May, sponsor-related activity experienced a significant increase in deal value in June as compared to May, increasing by 57% in the U.S. and 40% globally, even as the …
M&A activity in May increased in terms of total deal value by 9% globally and 3% in the U.S., driven largely by global and U.S. increases of 46% and 31%, respectively, in strategic deal activity. However, the total number of…
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