Breakingviews - Not all merger boutiques will be equal in 2022
People are seen on Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., March 19, 2021.isn’t typically the envy of Wall Street. But in 2022, the mergers shop worth $7 billion that doles out advice to midstream energy companies and middling dental groups will be. That’s thanks to a consolidation crackdown from global antitrust watchdogs that will crimp the ability of companies to do hairy, strategic deals.
Rainmakers are going to have to work harder for less - partly a consequence of a record-breaking year . The value of corporate marriages announced during the first 11 months of 2021, $5.2 trillion, was already 45% higher than the value recorded during all of 2020 and more than any annual total since tallying started in 1980, according to Refinitiv.
But competition authorities are making life tough for merger-inclined executives. Recently the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority told Facebook owner Meta Platforms
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