SINGAPORE: Coronavirus-spurred growth in the technology sector will help drive merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the Asia Pacific this year, bankers and lawyers predict, with the potential easing of Sino-United States tensions likely to revive Chinese outbound investment.
Deals involving Asia-Pacific firms totalled US$1.2 trillion in 2020, up 12% from 2019. Seven of the year’s 10 largest transactions were announced in the third quarter, which in total accounted for 40% of the year’s deals by value.
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