Competition between lending channels intensified in 2025, as leveraged finance markets in Europe saw lenders vying for deals and offering borrowers greater flexibility ahead of an anticipated surge in activity in 2026.

2025 put mining & metals at the heart of geopolitical competition. In 2026, the sector faces a decision: Be a pawn or a player in a business cycle and environment structurally driven by a geopolitical race for mineral security and national power.

M&A Explorer | AI is driving M&A not only in the technology industry, but also in the power and data center sectors, which have seen substantial growth in the past year and will likely continue on the same trajectory for the foreseeable future

M&A Explorer | Momentum for control buyout opportunities, fueled by capital markets discipline and rising shareholder activism, is gathering across APAC

M&A Explorer | Asia-Pacific remains a gas-hungry end-market, creating a structural disconnect that's producing long-term investment opportunities

M&A Explorer | Once the quiet money behind private equity, sovereign wealth funds are increasingly writing their own deals.

M&A Explorer | Sound economic foundations, sectoral excellence and healthy sponsor activity are all driving increased deal activity.

M&A Explorer | Global conflicts have put governments on alert and defense spending high on the agenda, but private sector dealmaking has also ramped up in response to the threat

M&A Explorer | While the figures may differ between US and European AI deals, the drivers and challenges are similar, and competition is fierce on both sides of the Atlantic.

M&A Explorer | Even as dealmaking shows signs of rallying, GP-led secondaries and continuation vehicle deals—which provided valuable alternative exit routes through a period of soft M&A activity—are set to remain an important strategic tool for dealmakers

In partnership with White & Case on shareholder activism in the UK, France and Germany.

M&A Explorer | Deals targeting French companies hold steady despite widespread economic and political uncertainty.

M&A Explorer | Italy's M&A market has defied geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty in 2025 to deliver big-ticket deals, with banking transactions at the fore.

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.