03 January 2020 - 04:48 am UTC by Béranger Guille in London Analysis US activity dips in 2H19 but retains 47.2% of global M&A on the back of domestic consolidation China and Hong Kong M&A global share shrinks to 8.8%, with deal value down 27.7% Boom in take-private deals totals USD 158.3bn in 2019 Average deal size at USD 389m, the second highest on Mergermarket record Global M&A activity in 2019 was down 6.9% on the exceptional 2018 vintage to USD 3.33tn (across 19,322 deals), according to...