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Deal Season 2008: Outlook for Transaction Support Services
Many global firms that provide transaction support services for law firms are exceedingly worried about the 2008 deal season. But is the anecdotal evidence of a drying pipeline true? A quick look at the data suggests that law and accounting firms are right to be worried about a decreased deal flow, with only a few highlights in sight.
On a worldwide basis, the number of M&A transactions announced in Q1 2008 compared with the average number of deals announced over the prior three years decreased by 6%; when compared with 2007, the drop is a much sharper: 17%. The good news is that this just returns activity to where it was mid-2005. More worrisome is that the large deals seem to be gone for now, with size of transactions having decreased by nearly 40% over the past three years and by more than 50% when compared with the 2007 average on a global basis. See Figure 1.
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