A UK Private Equity market review: trends for 2025 and reflecting on 2024
21 February 2025
2024 presented its share of challenges for Private Equity, such as persistent inflation, higher interest rates and an increasingly competitive deal landscape. Nonetheless, the private equity market demonstrated resilience and adaptability, which sets a solid foundation for the coming months. We expect rigorous diligence processes harnessing the power of data analytics, increasing awareness of the capabilities of AI, evolving tax policies and heightened regulatory scrutiny to be influential factors in shaping the PE landscape and impacting deal considerations.
Northern Ireland
Locally in Northern Ireland, one of the primary drivers of growth over the last year has been the increasing number of international and private equity investors entering the local market and capitalising on the opportunities that present.
As part of the key considerations in this space going forward, we expect rigorous diligence processes harnessing the power of data analytics, increasing awareness of the capabilities of AI, evolving tax policies and heightened regulatory scrutiny to be influential factors in shaping the PE landscape and impacting deal considerations.