According to Optis Partners, total North American agent and broker M&A transactions fell 17% year on year in Q1 2023 to 158.
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M&A Buyers Defy Uncertainty with Bullish Optimism for 2023
Global dealmakers achieved a third consecutive quarter of market outperformance in the first three months of 2023.
Tech Talent Shortage Is Helping Drive M&A Deals
According to industry analysts, a shortage of information-technology workers is prompting some companies to buy firms for their employees, a strategy that is helping to drive up the number of merger-and-acquisition deals across the IT and business-services sectors. Employers posted roughly 340,000 unfilled IT job openings last month, 11% more than the 12-month average, spanning… Continue reading Tech Talent Shortage Is Helping Drive M&A Deals
U.S. Q2 M&A Deals Hit by COVID-19
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on deal making in the first six months of 2020 was significant but not unexpected, yet regional differences in deal performance and volume revealed by M&A data from Willis Towers Watson have been more dramatic. Based on share price performance, the latest results from leading global advisory, broking and… Continue reading U.S. Q2 M&A Deals Hit by COVID-19
The Impact of COVID-19 on Representations and Warranties Insurance
While COVID-19 has affected numerous aspects of M&A deal process and documentation, there are particular items dealmakers should consider when obtaining a representations and warranties insurance policy for a transaction in the current environment. Buyers can expect that insurers will want to confirm that the transaction parties have considered the effects of COVID-19 on all… Continue reading The Impact of COVID-19 on Representations and Warranties Insurance