Haynes Boone M&A Partner Brent Beckert spoke with The Dallas Morning News for an article analyzing heightened merger activity, which is shaping the business landscape for DFW’s largest publicly traded companies.
“Dallas, historically and definitely today, outpaces the national market … in terms of growth in [mergers and acquisitions and] all of the side effects that come with that,” Beckert said. “So, whereas I think nationally there may have been a downturn in some markets and some industries, Dallas been a bright spot.”
He cited the region’s industry diversity and density of financial sponsors as driving factors behind its resilience and growth.
“We have a large number of private equity funds and family offices and independent sponsors, all types of financial investors who have money to deploy, have money that has been sitting on the sidelines and want to put it to work, and so the more of those buyers you have, then it drives prices up and encourages more companies to go to market and get ready to be sold.”
He added that many buyers and sellers in the region have remained largely insulated from national geopolitical and economic uncertainties, such as rising interest rates or global tariffs.
Looking ahead, Beckert noted that the rest of 2025 is likely to be even more active for M&A, as many companies awaited the outcome of the 2024 presidential election before moving forward with strategic transactions.
Read the full article from The Dallas Morning News here.
