Steven Boender and Steven Hull Offer Cautious Optimism for Midmarket M&A Activity in 2025

In a recent article in Law360, corporate partners Steven Boender and Steven Hull provide their insights into factors that could affect the middle-market merger and acquisition landscape in 2025, specific trends that have emerged in middle-market private M&A deal terms, and new requirements proposed by the Federal Trade Commission that would create “a heavier lift for M&A teams.”

Boender and Hull note that possible interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, combined with the deregulation-focused agenda of the incoming Trump administration, may lead to a favorable environment for M&A activity.

“However, the effect of potential inflation and navigating the FTC’s new rules should be carefully monitored,” the authors conclude. “With the election uncertainty behind us and a clearer regulatory landscape, dealmakers are cautiously optimistic.”

Read “2025’s Midmarket M&A Terrain May Hold A Few Bright Spots,” published December 18, 2024.