Although the current M&A landscape remains firmly in favor of buyers, presenting challenges for sellers who are contending with buyer-favorable deal terms and a disconnect in valuation expectations, signs of a slowly recovery are emerging.
Recent reports indicate that despite the fact that overall value of global M&A transactions declined during the second quarter of 2023, there was a surge in the number of announced deals in the second quarter of 2023. According to Pitchbook’s M&A Report as of July 2023, whereas dollar volume has fallen in the second quarter of 2023, the total M&A deal count is higher by 28.8% in comparison with the 2017 to 2019 quarterly average.
