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Mega M&A deals continue to power the deal market recovery in 2024 while headwinds continue to multiply.
April 15, 2024 at 05:48 PM
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In another past week of big deals, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer led Johnson & Johnson's $13.1 billion acquisition of Shockwave Medical (represented by Fenwick & West) while Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett worked with Blackstone Real Estate Partners X in its $10 billion buy of Apartment Income REIT Corp (which itself was represented by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom).
In addition to these two megadeals, there were five additional deals valued at more than $1 billion each that were announced in the past week, as well as a new SPAC, one new SPAC merger and five new IPOs. Debt offerings remained strong, with 12 debt offerings over $500 million.
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