Canadian M&A 2020 Outlook

Much of the newsmaking developments of 2019—geopolitical conflict, trade wars, and plenty of speculation around a looming global recession, to name just a few—shared a common theme of volatility.

Watch the heads of our M&A practice Karrin Powys-Lybbe and John Emanoilidis discuss dealmaking in 2019 and what lies ahead for 2020.

Despite this, Canadian M&A in 2019 experienced good growth across the board, thanks in part to mega-deals, foreign investment into Canada, as well as an active private equity sector. These trends, macroeconomic conditions pointing to growth in certain sectors, buoyant equity markets and low interest rates are all anticipated to contribute to an active dealmaking environment for 2020.