WillisTowersWatson 2022 M&A Year in Review
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After reaching record-breaking highs in 2021, M&A deal momentum slowed significantly in 2022 in the face of continuing global economic uncertainty. In some respects, lower deal volume was expected; many experts viewed 2021 an outlier year and predicted a natural market correction. Broader macro-economic volatility and uncertainty in the debt markets, however, led to a particularly slow fourth quarter. Per Bloomberg Law, 2022 had the lowest fourth-quarter M&A deal volume in the past six years, and it was also the first fourth quarter since 2018 in which there was not an increase in deal volume from the third quarter.
Mark Rusas Industry Practice Leader, Transaction Risk & Advisory Solutions |