- After witnessing a downward trend in M&A activities during
the year 2019, the year 2020 would bring about significant, if not
better, activity
- The regulatory framework has been enhanced with many recent
announcements, facilitating increased economic activity
- The edtech space in the past few months has seen such
developments recently
Much like in other jurisdictions, in India too, despite the
increasing economic turbulence and geopolitical instability of past
years, corporate India remained keen, resilient and remarkably
steadfast with occasional peaks and minor bouts of inactivity.
After witnessing a downward trend in M&A activities during
the year 2019, both in volume and deal numbers, there was, and
continued to be, an expectation that the year 2020 would bring
about significant, if not better, activity. The previous financial
year 2019-20 closed with an M&A value of $82 billion which is a
disheartening decline from the record high of $128 billion in
