2005 opened with confidence that a big dealmaking year lays ahead. Deal pros report being at their busiest since 2000, when the m&a slump settled in. Anticipation of intensified dealmaking is reflected in the slew of recent m&a personnel appointments, dominated by m&a lawyers and financial buyers. Private equity firms, which never really retreated to the sidelines during the dealmaking slump, are adding bodies as they step up their hunt for deals a notch and try to sell portfolio companies that are overdue for exiting. Copyright 2005 Thomson Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.thomsonmedia.com http://www.majournal.com

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