{"id":148570,"date":"2026-04-10T02:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/10\/clifford-chance-claims-last-minute-ma-crown-as-mega-deals-fuel-busy-start-to-year\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T02:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:56:52","slug":"clifford-chance-claims-last-minute-ma-crown-as-mega-deals-fuel-busy-start-to-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/10\/clifford-chance-claims-last-minute-ma-crown-as-mega-deals-fuel-busy-start-to-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Clifford Chance Claims Last-Minute M&amp;A Crown as Mega Deals Fuel Busy Start to Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Data from the London Stock Exchange Group reveals that total deal values jumped significantly on the same period last year, even as overall deal counts softened.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" 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significantly on the same period last year, even as overall deal counts softened.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/953629646\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/953629646\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/953629646\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" 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