Investors poured a record €42.5bn into mergers and acquisitions across Central and Eastern Europe in 2025, as fewer but larger transactions signalled renewed confidence in the region's economic prospects, according to a new report by Forvis Mazars and Mergermarket.
The value of deals rose 36% year-on-year, even as the number of transactions fell 9% to around 1,300, a shift experts attributed to a growing focus on large assets.
