Osborne Clarke's International Deals Report: Trends and Outlook 2025

Our report looks at trends and emerging dealmaking across our international offices in 2024 and how these are likely to pan out in 2025. A very high-level summary of our main findings would be that economic conditions are relatively stable, supply and demand remains dynamic, and the need for transformation and change continues to be strong. 

This is leading to optimism for increased merger and acquisition (M&A) activity and an uptick in the capital markets, which will hopefully bring back the initial public offering (IPO) market. Only time will tell if this optimism for M&A – and the IPO market – is hope rather than expectation. The strategic need for acquisitions remains strong due to the fast pace of change, as well as economic and supply chain pressures. High-growth sectors such as artificial intelligence, renewables, financial services, energy transition, digital transformation, defense, and healthcare are expected to drive M&A activity and a return of capital market transactions and IPOs.

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