"With the replacement of Lina Khan, we will see some heavy M&A action kick off even before the Trump administration is sworn in. It will be an interesting time because people are ready to spend and innovate," said Liz Miller, VP and principal analyst at Constellation Research.
"The Biden administration discouraged lots of transactions by just dragging out the review process and making it longer and expensive," one industry insider said.
"The policies advocated by the FTC and the DOJ over the last four years have undoubtedly hampered deal activity and corporates' willingness to forge into a transaction," according to industry analyses.
"The changed political landscape could also see the rekindling of large Biden-era deals that were blocked on antitrust grounds... as companies bet the time is ripe to try again."
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