What pandemic? M&As soar as deals over USD43 billion signed in India in just seven months of 2021

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Synopsis
Industry observers say that this spurt in M&A activity is expected to continue the robust trajectory for the rest of 2021 and beyond. There are several layers of reasons that are being attributed to this enhanced M&A activity despite the pandemic’s challenging uncertainties. Will future M&A activity be attributed to companies’ big digital ambitions?

In the first seven months of 2021, as many as 291 deals across sectors with an announced deal value of over USD43.5 billion were signed in India even as the pandemic left many businesses operating under extraordinary circumstances. This is more than the value of deals seen in the entire 2020. The data about mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity, as provided by Venture Intelligence, further indicates that cross-border deals made up for as

( Originally published on Aug 26, 2021 )