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ARTICLE · 20 APRIL 2021

Full Speed Ahead: Post-Pandemic Trends In M&A

After a nine-year low in 2020, M&A activity in Canada made a strong rebound in the first quarter of 2021. As reported by BNN Bloomberg, in the first three months of 2021, ...

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After a nine-year low in 2020, M&A activity in Canada made a strong rebound in the first quarter of 2021. As reported by BNN Bloomberg, in the first three months of 2021, Canadian companies were involved in 1,168 deals that together totalled US $115 billion in value, dwarfing the US $44.3 billion in deal value during the same period in 2020. The Financial Post reports that a similar phenomenon is occurring globally, with the number of deals up 6% and the total value of pending and completed deals up 93% as compared to the first quarter of 2020.

With this flurry of deal activity in the first quarter of 2021, several trends are emerging.

The Recovery of Private Equity

M&A activity from private equity funds is starting to show signs of recovery following a significant drop in 2020 due to the impacts of COVID-19. For example, PwC reports that in recent months, private equity funds have been investing in sectors that have shown resilience to the pandemic, such as

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