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1.1 What are the most common types of private equity transactions in your jurisdiction? What is the current state of the market for these transactions?
U.S. private equity (“PE”) deal activity faced turbulence in early 2020 as a result of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with a dramatic slowdown experienced during Q2 2020, but deal activity rebounded strongly in the second half of 2020. Both deal volume and deal value for 2020 ultimately finished below the near record-setting levels observed in 2019, but the rapid recovery in activity through the end of the year generated significant optimism in the industry, and deal activity has since hit record levels in the first half of 2021. Commitments in respect of PE fundraising decreased during 2020 compared to 2019 but rebounded during the start of 2021.
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