Wachtell Lipton: Cross-Border M&A – 2025 Checklist for Successful Acquisitions

Although M&A activity was up only a bit in 2024 over 2023 – the least active year for global M&A since the great financial crisis – and trailed well below historical averages, at $3.2 trillion, compared to an average of $4.6 trillion over the past ten years (in 2024 dollars), optimists suspect that