This report provides an analysis of North American M&A activity and trends for FY 2008. The market is analysed as a whole, and across seven key industry sectors. It also features advisory league tables for investment banks, law firms and PR advisers, as well as mid market practitioners.
As well as drawing on data and analysis from mergermarket's world class editorial and research teams, the report incorporates insights from leading firms in the M&A arena: Merrill Corporation and Morrison & Foerster.
Deal Drivers provides a valuable and clear view of North American M&A activity, as well as expectations for the market in the future.
Table of Contents
1. Forewords
2. Heat Chart
3. All Sectors
4. Morrison & Foerster Article
5. Financial Services
6. Industrials, Manufacturing & Engineering
7. Energy, Oil & Gas
8. Consumer
9. TMT
10. Life Sciences & Healthcare
11. Business Services
12. Canada
13. West
14. Midwest
15. South
16. Northeast
17. Latin America
18. About Our Sponsors
19. Notes
20. Contacts
In a year full of grim surprises, the fall of Lehman Brothers caused perhaps the loudest crash. In Lehman’s wake went the rest of the financial markets, for a rough and tumble that took even some of the dourest prognosticators by surprise. Mergers and acquisitions deal value, propped up in the first half of the year by acquisition-hungry corporations, fell in the fourth quarter to a level not seen since 2003. Deal volume, on a gradual decline from 2007 highs, also dropped precipitously in Q4.
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