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[email protected] September 2021 This Issue: US M&A News and Trends U.S. M&A deal activity decreased in August, going down 5.1% with U.S. private equity activity decreased in August down 18.6% from 2 US Merger 1,653 announcements compared to 1,741 in July. Aggregate M&A July. There were 162 deals in August compared to 199 in July. spending decreased as well. In August 27% less was spent on deals Aggregate transaction value also decreased, down by 56.8% to Metrics compared to July. $64.4 billion from July's $149.2 billion. 2 US Middle Over the past 3 months, the sectors that saw an increase in M&A The top financial advisors for 2021 based on deal announcements, deal activity, relative to the same three-month period one year ago, are: Goldman Sachs & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co, Morgan Stanley, Market Monitor were: Technology Services (1113 vs. 606), Commercial Services (679 Jefferies LLC and Houlihan Lokey, Inc. The top five financial advisors, vs. 396), Finance (655 vs. 513), Industrial Services (253 vs. 154) and based on the aggregate transaction value of the deals worked on, 3 US Sector Producer Manufacturing (252 vs. 157). Twenty of the 21 sectors are: Goldman Sachs & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co, Morgan Stanley, Activity & Value tracked by FactSet Mergers posted relative gains in deal flow over BofA Securities, Inc. and Citigroup. the last three months compared to the same three months one year prior. The top legal advisors for 2021 based on deal announcements, are: 4 US Strategic Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Goodwin Procter LLP, Buyer Report Over the past 3 months, no sector saw declines in M&A deal Jones Day LP and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.