Corporate / M&A folks - what has your work flow been like over the last 3-4 months? Any indication from your partners on what the pipeline will look like this fall/winter?

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Insanely busy, everyone at 200+ for months on end. Big deals coming down the pike, so no sign of slowing down. Based on these other comments it seems to depend on where you are. I am in NY and do mainly middle-market PE M&A.

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Larger deals seem to be steady, but the smaller deals and day to day corporate work has dropped off significantly for me.

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Yeah that seems to be the trend here in Atlanta. What market are you in?

Super slow. Any deals I’ve worked on keep getting held up for PPP issues. Partners keep saying they think the fall will be busy though.

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West coast.

Non NY market - everyone is crushed for weeks now.

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V5, London, PE/M&A. Dead silent summer, very busy August and September, very quiet October, rest of the year is uncertain.

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Steady flow of both big strategic deals and smaller PE deals. I’ve been told that Q4 will be very crazy busy and volatile

Tech trans NY

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Very busy for the past couple months, looks like we’ll stay busy through the end of the year.

Yes, NYC

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Ebs and flows for me like a roller coaster

Very busy since September, doesn’t look like any relief is coming until January. I’m in PA doing primarily middle market PE M&A.

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