Dykema’s 2024 M&A Outlook Survey and Contributors Receive National Media Coverage

Several regional and national media outlets referenced Dykema’s 2024 M&A Outlook Survey. Additionally, myriad of the firm’s attorneys who contributed to the report were also quoted by publications. Below is a collection of coverage:

• Crain’s Chicago Business – “After 3 slow years, dealmakers expect to see plenty of action in 2025,” October 15, 2024 (Ballantine)
• CFO Dive – “M&A dealmakers seize on AI as strategic ‘cornerstone’: Dykema,” October 16, 2024 (Ballantine)
• Law360 – “M&A Pros Cautious About Expected Private Equity Surge,” October 16, 2024 (Gifford, Ballantine)
• Crain’s Grand Rapids Business – “After 3 slow years, dealmakers expect to see plenty of action in 2025,” October 20, 2024 (Ballantine)
• SDC Executive – “Dealmakers Anticipate a Resurgent U.S. M&A Market in 2025: Survey,” October 20, 2024 (Gifford)
• D Business Magazine – “Survey: Growing Optimism for M&A Deals in 2025, Most Active Sectors Revealed,” October 21, 2024 (Gifford, Ballantine, Liebmann)
• The Texas Lawbook – “CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 11 Firms, 136 Lawyers, $5.3B,” October 21, 2024
• ABF Journal – “Dykema M&A Outlook Survey: Dealmakers Anticipate a Resurgent U.S. M&A Market in 2025,” October 22, 2024 (Gifford, Ballantine, Liebmann)
• ABL Advisor – “Dealmakers Anticipate a Resurgent U.S. M&A Market in 2025, Dykema’s M&A Outlook Survey,” October 22, 2024 (Gifford, Ballantine, Liebmann)
• Legal Newsline – “Dykema’s 20th Annual M&A Outlook Survey: Dealmakers Anticipate a Resurgent U.S. M&A Market in 2025,” October 22, 2024 (Gifford, Ballantine, Liebmann)
• Equipment Finance Advisor – “Dealmakers Anticipate a Resurgent U.S. M&A Market in 2025, Dykema’s M&A Outlook Survey,” October 23, 2024 (Gifford, Ballantine, Liebmann)
• Corporate Compliance Insights – “Nearly 9 in 10 Companies Hiring Outside Cybersecurity Advisers,” October 24, 2024 (Gifford)
• DealLawyers.com – “M&A Outlook: AI & PE are the Big Stories for 2025 Dealmaking,” October 24, 2024
• CFO Dive – “Tech leaders brace for high-stakes election,” October 29, 2024 (Liebmann)
• Mergermarket – “Fifth of all US sale processes have yet to launch, setting high hopes for 2025 –Dealspeak Birth American,” October 29, 2024 (Whalen)
• Private Funds CEO – “Antitrust enforcers view private fund mergers with wider lens,” November 12, 2024 (White) 
• Indianapolis Business Journal – “Many dealmakers in Indiana, across nation expect robust 2025,” November 15, 2024 (Ballantine)
• The Indiana Lawyer – “Many dealmakers in Indiana, across nation expect robust 2025,” November 15, 2024 (Ballantine)