Last quarter had the highest rate of PE-backed deals in the UK in over two years, with 38 percent of UK merger & acquistion (M&A) deals in Q4 of 2023 being backed by private equity (PE), chartered accountants and business advisers Lubbock Fine has found.
Lubbock Fine said the increase shows confidence is beginning to return among PE investors as PE-backed UK M&A deals had slumped to just 31 percent of all deals in the same period last year.
In recen...