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M&A REVIEW UK 01/2026

M&A IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

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M&A Review UK Articles M&A

Bridging the M&A Divide

Editorial: Bridging the M&A Divide

M&A Review UK Articles M&A Strategie

When Low-Hanging Fruits Kill the Future: Maintaining Strategic Intent in Transformational M&A

Mergers and Acquisitions are often announced with the language of transformation. Companies acquire to access new technologies, enter new markets, build digital capabilities, reshape value chains, strengthen resilience, or reposition themselves for a future that organic development alone cannot reach quickly enough. In this sense, M&A is one of the most powerful instruments of corporate renewal.

M&A Review UK Articles Global M&A

Will the UK remain a major global player? A UK perspective on Global M&A

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) play a critical role globally as a primary, high stakes engine for corporate rejuvenation and transformation. The UK is one of the most important players in global M&A activity being closely tied to its origins and subsequent growth.

M&A Review UK Articles M&A Market

EY Perspective: UK M&A Market Trends over the last 5 years

The UK experienced a record surge in M&A activity in 2021, mirroring the global deal boom. Over £175 billion worth of UK deals (more than 3,700 transactions) were completed in 2021 – a 33.5% increase over 2020. Investor optimism was high as companies sought acquisitions to fuel growth after the pandemic slump.

M&A Review UK Articles Legal

A UK perspective: M&A in uncertain times

Recent years have tested the resilience of the UK mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market in ways few could have anticipated and UK dealmakers, operating from an open, internationally active economy with close trading relationships across both the Atlantic and Europe, have had to adapt deal terms and processes.

M&A Review UK Articles Transformation

Portfolio Management in Complex Markets: From Episodic Optimisation to Continuous Transformation

Corporate portfolio management is undergoing a fundamental shift in a volatile and rapidly evolving trading environment. What distinguishes the current landscape is the simultaneous interaction of several disruptive forces; geopolitical fragmentation, regulatory intervention, technological disruption and demographic pressures.

M&A Review UK Articles Carve-out

The Art of Letting Go: How a Carve-out Unlocks the Potential of a High-Performing Mid-Sized Organization

Carve-outs are more than legal separations or operational disentanglements. They represent a strategic turning point. This is especially true when a business unit is separated from a global corporate group and transformed into an independent, internationally active mid-sized company.

M&A Review UK Articles W&I Versicherung

Warranty & Indemnity Insurance as a Strategic Deal Enabler

The UK and European M&A markets continue to demonstrate resilience, even as the wider environment remains defined by uncertainty. Deal activity is being driven by increasingly selective buyers, focussed on strong-value creation opportunities underpinned by a well-mitigated approach to downside risk.

M&A Review UK Articles target-screening

The Accumulation Effect: How M&A Screening Quietly Undermines Strategic Intent

Many acquisition failures do not begin with a flawed integration plan, an inflated valuation, or a poorly negotiated purchase agreement. They begin earlier, when companies decide which targets are worth considering at all.

M&A Review UK Articles Cooperation

Where Intellect Meets Capital: Why the M&A Ecosystem Needs the Symbiosis of Academia and Practice

M&A is often reduced to the technical: data rooms, valuations, contract negotiations and tax structuring. Yet anyone who sees M&A in those terms is missing the point. For me, M&A is the supreme discipline of strategic management.

M&A Review UK Articles Deals

The London Discount: Five Deals Defining - UK M&A in 2025–2026

Recently, the UK markets have been seen as undervalued, and the world has begun to notice. The defining theme in UK M&A was foreign appetite with deal values rising even as the number of transactions fell, because overseas buyers paid heavily for the few assets they wanted.

M&A Review UK Articles M&A Award

Sharing Excellence – Stimulate Exchange: Make Better Deals

On 8 October 2025, around 200 guests from business, academia, advisory and politics gathered in Berlin for the M&A Award Night, hosted by the German M&A Association and M&A REVIEW.