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Of the 24 quarters recorded by the Corporate Deal Tracker since 2020 for M&A, the four quarters of 2025 rank as the top four in deal count, with three of those quarters ranking highest in deal value as well.
CDT DATABASE YEAR-TO-DATE TRANSACTION TOTALS
FEB. 22, 2026
DEAL COUNT
68
DEAL VALUE
$361.5B
FEB. 22, 2025
DEAL COUNT
251
DEAL VALUE
$181.7B

CDT Roundup: 9 Deals, 6 Firms, 50 Lawyers, $1.3B

By almost any measure, 2021 ended as a pretty good year. But of all the high spots, the most notable is the return of the IPO. Last year, there were more initial public offerings than from 2016 through 2019 combined. More on that and the final deals of the year in the CDT Roundup.

Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

The Top 10 M&A Deals of 2021

If for nothing else, 2021 is going to be remembered as the year business wrenched itself out of the clutches of the coronavirus pandemic, or at least learned to live with it. So regardless of the numbers the simple return to a normal business climate is something to celebrate. Here are 10 M&A deals from the year just passed that the CDT Roundup thinks are significant, regardless of size.

Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: 26 Deals, 15 Firms, 193 Lawyers, $7.3B

As the year nears its end and oil prices begin to settle against the demand-threat posed by Omicron, it's a good time to point up the most obvious change in energy deals: a surge in equity investment in renewables and energy transition technologies. The change is real and, according to a new report from Vinson & Elkins, even O&G giants are acknowledging it. That report, and last week's transactions are all in this week's slightly tardy CDT Roundup.

Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

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CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 10 Firms, 109 Lawyers, $5B

Just because concerns about O&G prices have been replaced by concerns about ESG doesn't mean that the old ways have vanished. For instance, hydraulic fracturing — in case you were wondering — never really disappeared. Not only is fracking back, next year could well bring a healthy rebound for use of the controversial process. Details on that, and the names of lawyers involved in last week's transactions are in this week's CDT Roundup.

Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

Q&A with Katten Healthcare Expert Lisa Prather

The non-stop, day-to-day challenges posed by the pandemic and the feverish activity by private equity firms in the healthcare space have kept Lisa Prather exceptionally busy over the past 20 months. In this Q&A, she describes how her practice group became "instantly busier" when the pandemic hit, what trends are here to stay and the kinds of deals she expects to see more of.

Brooks Igo

CDT Roundup: 14 Deals, 8 Firms, 86 Lawyers, $4.2B

With commodities pricing still on the volatile side, PE and VC deals are getting a lot of attention. But plodding along with them is real asset investing, as a new report by PitchBook reveals. And inside that space, infrastructure deals are taking off, and maybe not for the reasons you may think. That, and a look at last week's transactions, in the CDT Roundup.

Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: 9 Deals, 10 Firms, 101 Lawyers, $3.5B

Global M&A is at record levels. Private equity deals, too. And tech is leading the way. Though energy is still king in Texas, technology (and PE investments in technology) are setting the pace for the kind of year people may remember when there's a new election for king. More on that and all the deals from a three-day work week in the CDT Roundup.

Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

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