M&A work as a whole has been steadily increasing since the dark days of Q2, topping $1 trillion in deal activity in Q3 and getting off to a strong start in Q4. Notable in those gains are the reemergence of “mega-deals,” those multibillion-dollar hauls that make headlines and seem to signal a comfort with the fact that things, while not in any way normal, still progress.

Two of those happened Monday, with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz taking a prominent role in both.