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LexisNexis Market Standards Trend Report: Trends in UK Public M&A deals in 2024

06 February 2025

Our Corporate M&A team were delighted to contribute to the newly released LexisNexis Market Tracker Trend Report on UK public M&A. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the public M&A landscape, focusing on key trends, deal structures, and market dynamics observed in 2024. It also provides an outlook into what LexisNexis, and their contributors, expect to see in 2025.

The report explores the 55 firm offers, 51 potential offers, and 15 announcements related to formal sale processes, private sales, and strategic reviews, as disclosed by Main Market and AIM companies in 2024.

Topics covered include:

Outlook for 2025
Deal value and deal volume
Deal structure
Unrecommended and competing offers
Public to private transactions
Bidder jurisdiction
Industry
Offer timetables
Consideration structure and bid financing
Irrevocable undertakings and shareholder activism
Legal and regulatory developments

Access the full report here.

This information was first published by LexisNexis. This publication is provided for your convenience and does not constitute legal advice. This publication is protected by copyright.

Authored by Tom Brassington, Nicola Evans and Daniel Simons.