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<br /> <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 &amp; Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=1"> </a> <a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers &amp; 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 &amp; 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> <a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=4"> The Year Ahead: Middle Market Deals Set the Pace </a> <a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=5"> M&A Market Drivers and Obstacles For the fourth</a> <a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=6"> Buyers and Valuation Strategic U.S. buyers are </a> <a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=7"> Private Companies in Play This year, almost 80 </a> <a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=10"> Global Economy Respondents saw the uncertainty </a> <a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=11"> </a> <a title="Dykema's 13th Annual Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Outlook Survey Results page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5e48e3ac?page=12"> Exceptional service. Dykema delivers. </a>