The 2022 global M&A market limped to the year’s finish line, with mega deals seeing their lowest deal count since 2017 and their lowest deal volume since 2020.
After reaching an annual deal count of 46 in boom-year 2021—which was one of the highest annual counts of mega deals on record, according to Bloomberg data—a total of 34 M&A mega deals, valued at $10 billion or greater, were announced in 2022.
Of 2022’s 34 mega deals, 27 were controlling-stake transactions, four were spinoffs, two were transactions for a minority or additional stake, and one was a joint venture deal. Last ...
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