Recent Insights

A surge of interest from inbound investors drives recovery after a sharp fall in Q1

Growing investor appetite for financial products with a positive impact, coupled with a demand for recovery capital post-COVID-19, have lifted the market for social bonds

Strong ESG credentials and long-term plans to improve their relationship with society and the environment are increasingly important to ensure companies’ access to capital

The disruption to capital markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has not shifted the overall timeline of regulators and industry bodies for the replacement of US dollar LIBOR with SOFR by the end of 2021

Investor sentiment has begun to recover, but ratings downgrades and higher pricing continue to keep loan markets on alert

A handful of large deals struck early in the year provided a few bright spots for Italian M&A activity in H1 2020

The global mining & metals industry began the new decade on a positive note. But as the global economy is struck by the unprecedented force of the coronavirus pandemic, how is the sector positioned for life post-COVID-19?

We highlight the key European M&A trends in the first half of 2020, and provide our insights into the outlook for M&A moving forward.

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, global M&A value dropped to the lowest half-yearly total since H1 2010

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, total buyout volume in the first half of 2020 dropped 23% annually, while value fell 30%—less than half the rate of decline of overall M&A

French M&A activity has suffered steep falls because of COVID-19, but green shoots are emerging as lockdown measures ease