Despite the fact that the total number of deals in 2022 fell short of the record-breaking number of deals achieved in 2021, they still managed to exceed pre-pandemic levels.

The pace of M&A transactions remained strong throughout the year, but experienced a notable slowdown in the last quarter. Stay tuned for our upcoming report, which will provide a comprehensive overview of the M&A landscape in this first quarter as well as M&A trends for the second half of 2023.