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<br />
In our 13th annual survey, we polled senior executives across<br />
the nation—CEOs, CFOs, owners, managing directors<br />
and other professionals involved in M&A activity within<br />
their respective firms—to measure their experiences and<br />
outlook on mergers and acquisitions in the coming year.<br />
We would like to thank all survey respondents for their time<br />
and the insights they shared for this report.<br />
What Lies Ahead for M&A:<br />
Optimism in Volatile Times<br />
For the first time in three years, optimism is returning<br />
to the M&A landscape, according to the M&A<br />
professionals responding to Dykema’s 13th annual<br />
M&A Outlook Survey. Respondents indicated their<br />
past neutral market sentiment is being overtaken by<br />
strengthening confidence this year.<br />
Much has transpired since we published last year’s<br />
report. In 2016, M&A professionals were still processing<br />
the recent British vote to leave <a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=1"> </a>
<a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=2"> In our 13th annual survey, we polled senior execu</a>
<a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=3"> What Lies Ahead for M&A: Optimism in Volatile Tim</a>
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<a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=6"> Buyers and Valuation Strategic U.S. buyers are </a>
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<a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=8"> U.S. Economy The uptick in the M&A market outlo</a>
<a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=9"> The Trump Effect The single most noteworthy, an</a>
<a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=10"> Global Economy Respondents saw the uncertainty </a>
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