The global M&A market has cooled relative to 2021’s frenzied pace of dealmaking, with challenging macroeconomic conditions putting an end to the buying spree that followed the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. In the first seven months of 2022, companies announced more than 22,000 deals, with a total value of $1.85 trillion — a level of M&A activity more in line with pre-pandemic averages than with the previous year — according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in collaboration with Professor Sönke Sievers of Paderborn University.
BCG’s 19th annual analysis, titled The 2022 M&A Report, forecasts that environmental, societal, and governance (ESG) considerations will motivate an increasing number of