(Bloomberg) -- Rob Townsend, who co-chairs the global M&A business at Morrison & Foerster, has some gloomy news for folks chomping at the bit for more tech mergers: We may already have reached the peak. Townsend, who spent time in Tokyo working with billionaire Masayoshi Son, weighs in on whether the tech slowdown signals a slump in mergers overall. Some deals may be alive, though. We also grill Bloomberg's London-based Manuel Baigorri on his scoop that Orange SA might be considering a merger with other European telecom companies such as Telecom Italia SpA.

<p>(Bloomberg) -- Rob Townsend, who co-chairs the global M&amp;A business at Morrison &amp; Foerster, has some gloomy news for folks chomping at the bit for more tech mergers: We may already have reached the peak. Townsend, who spent time in Tokyo working with billionaire Masayoshi Son, weighs in on whether the tech slowdown signals a slump in mergers overall. Some deals may be alive, though. We also grill Bloomberg's London-based Manuel Baigorri on his scoop that Orange SA might be considering a merger with other European telecom companies such as Telecom Italia SpA.</p>

Bloomberg M&A reporters, joined by outside experts and members of Bloomberg's Deals team, examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street. He'll talk to reporters who broke Bloomberg's major scoops and interview investors, executives, lawyers and bankers for an inside peek into what's going on inside corporate boardrooms and what it's like working with the world's largest companies and richest people.

Bloomberg M&A reporter Alex Sherman examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street.

Deal of the Week

Episode 3: Has Tech M&A Reached Its Peak?

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