Deal Drivers: APAC FY 2025

In partnership with Mergermarket, a service of ION Analytics

APAC remained the fastest-growing major economic bloc in 2025, supported by resilient exports and technology investments, according to the IMF.

Deal volumes were broadly stable year-on-year, while total deal value rose sharply, driven by a concentrated set of large transactions. The result was a market defined less by broad-based momentum and more by targeted strategic moves.

The forward-looking M&A pipeline in APAC indicates that activity is concentrated geographically, with Greater China accounting for the largest share of potential transactions, followed by Australia & New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India.

Industrials & chemicals emerge as the single largest sector by volume, while technology, consumer, energy, and healthcare contribute a broad middle layer of deal flow.

Learn more about APAC M&A activity, sector pipelines, and regional deal drivers shaping the context for APAC M&A in 2026. Download your copy of the Deal Drivers: APAC FY 2025 report today.

What's Inside?

• APAC M&A Market Summary and Outlook
• APAC Heat Chart based on 'companies for sale' intel
• APAC Top Deals in FY 2025
• Top 10 APAC League Tables by deal value and deal count:
  • Financial advisors – Large cap and mid-market
  • Legal advisors – Large cap and mid-market
  • PR advisors
  • PE advisors
• Sector Analysis
• Top 10 deals by sector: consumer; energy, mining & utilities; financial services; industrials & chemicals; pharma, medical & biotech; real estate; telecoms, media & technology
• Quarterly M&A activity by value and deal count
• Top financial and legal advisors by sector