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Eric Swedenburg and Elizabeth Cooper Quoted in Financial Times on Future of U.S. M&A Activity
06.30.22
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Eric Swedenburg, Co-Head of the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, and Elizabeth Cooper, Co-Head of the Firm’s Private Equity Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, were quoted in a Financial Times article that addressed the state of global M&A during the first half of 2022. Despite the increase in megadeals over the first half of the year, Eric explained how many corporate leaders “are going to be looking pretty closely at their balance sheets again to make sure they have rainy-day plans in place. For a lot of companies right now, that is more top-of-mind than inorganic growth.” Elizabeth also noted that while market instability is playing a factor in dealmaking this year, it is possible that there could be an increase in take-private transactions if the markets stabilize.
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