The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:18:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 2017 M&A Report https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/06/01/2017-ma-report/ https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/06/01/2017-ma-report/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:34:45 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=91420?d=20170602165010EDT Posted by Jay Bothwick and Hal Leibowitz, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, on Thursday, June 1, 2017
Editor's Note: Jay Bothwick and Hal Leibowitz are partners at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. This post is based on a WilmerHale publication.

Market Review and Outlook

Review

In 2016, the number of reported M&A transactions worldwide dipped by 2%, from a record 34,838 deals in 2015 to 34,191, but still represented the second-highest annual tally since 2000. Worldwide M&A deal value decreased 16%, from $3.64 trillion to $3.06 trillion—a total that was still the third-highest annual figure since 2000, lagging behind only 2015’s record tally and 2007’s $3.17 trillion result.

The average deal size in 2016 was $89.4 million, 14% below 2015’s average of $104.5 million, and just shy of 2014’s average of $91.0 million, but 40% above the annual average of $64.0 million for the five-year period preceding 2014.

The number of worldwide billion-dollar transactions decreased 9%, from 540 in 2015 to 489 in 2016. Aggregate worldwide billion-dollar deal value declined 21%, from $2.68 trillion to $2.11 trillion.

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