About David Expertise Consumer Products Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate Finance Recent Insights “Looking Ahead to 2026: Getting a Boost from the Great Rebound,” M&A Report, January 2026, Report “Looking Back at M&A in 2025: Behind the Great Rebound ,” M&A Report, December 2025, Report “M&A Midyear Report 2025: Separating the Signal from the Noise,” Report, June 2025 “M&A in a New Economic World Order,” Snap Chart, May 2025 “Looking Ahead to 2025: Preparing for What Comes Next ,” M&A Report, February 2025, Report In the News “Global M&A resilient to tariff shock as executives lean in with dealmaking to exploit disruptions—Bain & Company M&A Midyear Report,” Press release, June 2025 “2022 on track to be the second-strongest year for dealmaking on record, as executives remain committed to M&A amid turbulence,” Press release, July 2022 “M&A is back: 2021 saw the highest M&A deal value in history, exceeding expectations at nearly $6 trillion,” Press release, February 2022