Sowing The Seeds For Growth

The global mergers and acquisitions market in 2017 was solid. Across the globe, 49,448 deals were announced, an increase of 2% from the 48,250 deals in 2016, according to law firm Jones Day's 2017 Annual M&A Review. Deal value remained about the same, a t $3.6 trillion. "The picture is one of incremental acquisition, with transformative transactions (especially those involving the United States) potentially deferred into 2018," writes Lyle Ganske, worldwide Mergers and Acquisition practice leade