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CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 13 Firms, 96 Lawyers, $6.5B

The stock market may be faring better in this age of COVID-19, but mergers and acquisitions have clearly suffered.

Global M&A activity fell 28% in the first quarter to $698 billion, its lowest level since 2016, and the number of deals slid 14% to 9,616, according to preliminary data from Refinitiv.

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