Has Anyone Worked on a Mega-Deal? If so what was it like?

I’ve always wondered what it’s like as an analyst (or as any banker) on one of those large, high profile $50bn+ deals (Microsoft/Activision, UT/Raytheon, AT&T/Time Warner).

Has anyone been staffed on something like this? If so, was it the same as a regular M&A process but with bigger numbers, or was it much different?

Also, how big is a deal team that takes on something like this?

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