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[email protected] January 2019 This Issue: US M&A News and Trends U.S. M&A deal activity decreased in December, going down 9% U.S. private equity activity increased in December up 1.8% from 2 US Merger with 945 announcements compared to 1,039 in November. November. There were 114 deals in December compared to 112 in Aggregate M&A spending decreased as well. In December 27% less November. Aggregate transaction value decreased, down by 19.2% Metrics was spent on deals compared to November. to $17.3 billion from November's $21.4 billion. 2 US Middle Over the past 3 months, the sectors that saw the biggest increases The top financial advisors for 2018 based on deal announcements, in M&A deal activity, relative to the same three-month period one are: Goldman Sachs & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co, Houlihan Lokey, Market Monitor year ago, was: Health Technology (150 vs. 97), Distribution Services Inc., Morgan Stanley, and Barclays Plc. The top five financial (186 vs. 152), Commercial Services (505 vs. 476), Finance (434 vs. advisors, based on the aggregate transaction value of the deals 3 US Sector 406), and Transportation (86 vs. 60). Seventeen of the 21 sectors worked on, are: Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Activity & Value tracked by FactSet Mergerstat posted relative gains in deal flow Chase & Co, Barclays Plc, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. over the last three months compared to the same three months one year prior. The top legal advisors for 2018 based on deal announcements, are: 4 US Strategic Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Jones Day LP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Morgan, Buyer Report Over the past 3 months, the sectors that have seen the biggest Lewis & Bockius LLP, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.