The 2025 edition of Africa Focus explores the key dimensions underpinning the issues of food and energy security across Africa.

M&A Explorer | Despite national regulatory differences and continued high financing costs, European infrastructure—including data centers, digital assets and renewables—provides increasingly tempting opportunities for private capital investors searching for strong and stable returns

White & Case Global Antitrust Merger StatPak (WAMS)

M&A Explorer | Dealmakers in both countries are actively seeking investment opportunities in each other’s markets, with 2025 shaping up to be the strongest year in recent memory.

M&A Explorer | As European M&A activity begins to recover after a down cycle, private capital—now a cornerstone of the continent’s deal market—will be a key driver of its return.

White & Case Global Antitrust Merger StatPak (WAMS)

M&A Explorer | Asia-Pacific’s breakneck digital adoption is behind an already standout year for TMT dealmaking

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2024 | H1 2025 — Specialty Finance / Marketplace Lending

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2024 | H1 2025 — Consumer Finance

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2024 | H1 2025 — Brokers / Corporate Finance

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2024 | H1 2025 — Financial Market Infrastructure 

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2024 | H1 2025 — Payments

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2024 | H1 2025 — Asset/Wealth Management

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2024 | H1 2025

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2024 | H1 2025

We highlight the key UK and European M&A trends in H2 2024 and H1 2025, and provide our insights into the outlook for M&A going forward.

M&A Explorer | Japanese M&A, both inbound and outbound, has spiked sharply this year, with dealmaking momentum looking strong for the rest of 2025 and beyond

M&A Explorer | Despite economic and geopolitical uncertainty, US infrastructure dealmaking has boomed as investors seek the stable, long-term revenue streams and predictable returns that infrastructure assets provide

M&A Explorer | Dealmaking across the Middle East has seen a strong uptick in the past six months, with Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar especially moving the M&A dial

M&A Explorer | US acquirers are returning to the UK in force, with Q2 and Q3 2025 marking the strongest quarters for inbound value in over a year, while UK dealmakers are looking across “the pond” in increasing numbers

M&A Explorer | Public-to-private deal opportunities have provided US private equity firms with a reliable source of transaction flow in a volatile market, with the trend looking likely to continue

M&A Explorer | As corporate stress rises across the continent, opportunistic buyers are mobilizing capital and expertise to unlock value in struggling but salvageable businesses