Left in Limbo: Dealmakers’ Predictions for M&A in 2024
- Global deal values to end challenging year at a decade low
- Bankers, lawyers look ahead to potential 2H recovery in 2024
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For the world’s dealmakers, there aren’t many places to look but up after what turned out to be dismal year for mergers and acquisitions activity.
Transaction values will fail to hit $3 trillion for the first time in a decade, and many of the factors that have kept activity subdued this year are still present going into 2024: gun-shy private equity buyers, skittish bank lenders and fragile geopolitics.