Transactions
The value of everything
13 Feb 2025
Insight
Global
In our global M&A report for 2025, we forecast deals activity increasing throughout the year, but with the hard work which characterised so many deals in 2024 likely to continue.
We also explored:
- How buyers are financing deals amid high interest rates.
- The ways buyers have increased due diligence on target businesses.
- The increasing regulatory burden on M&A transactions.
- How shareholder activism is affecting deals.
- The increasing sophistication of deal terms.
- How geopolitical tensions are shaping the deals landscape.
In these pages, we have regional perspectives from our offices around the world.
Chapters
- Global M&A Outlook 2025 – Regional perspectives
- Africa – Still uncertain but hopeful
- Asia – Bright spots
- Australia – High on value
- CEE and Central Asia – Mixed results
- Europe – Slow but steady
- France – Resilience amid uncertainty
- Germany – Dreams of spring
- India – From strength to strength
- Italy – Volume down, value up
- Latin America – The only way is up
- Luxembourg – Set for a rebound?
- Middle East – Progress amid tensions
- South Korea – Mixed signals
- Spain – Gaining momentum
- Switzerland – Cautiously optimistic
- UK – At a turning point?
- US – What Trump 2.0 means for M&A
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