Whereas non-public fairness offers fell within the final two years, dealmakers say they’ve excessive hopes about 2024, particularly the second half, and so they have saved up staffing in M&A practices, no matter deal quantity in any given quarter.
2024 seems to be a 12 months the place artistic dealmaking—reminiscent of carve-outs, minority-stake offers and even some debt covenant offers—might meet pent-up demand, a number of M&A and personal fairness legal professionals famous.