Following the surge of mergers and acquisitions in the final
quarter of 2016, many attempted to predict whether 2017 would
follow suit. For instance, the Financial Times anticipated that the increase
in mergers and acquisitions would carry into 2017. Similarly, JP Morgan forecasted that companies would adapt
and cross-border deals would continue to surge, despite political
changes and uncertainty, such as the Brexit referendum and the
change in administration in the United States. In fact (and as
predicted), the growth of cross-border transactions has been
significant. Bloomberg Law reported that in 2017 thus far,
there has been a total of 5,041 cross-border deals that have either
been announced or proposed. These deals have been reported to be
worth over $1.17 trillion in value. The latter amount already
exceeds the total value of cross-border deals from 2008 to 2013. If
this rate is maintained for the rest of the year, 2017 may be a
record-breaking year for
