JPMorgan’s Top Europe Bankers See Rising M&A as Crisis Wanes

  • Appetite for large transactions returns amid buoyant markets
  • Pick-up in IPO activity also expected in coming weeks
Dorothee BlessingSource: JPMorgan
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European companies are still chasing their dream deals as they look beyond the damage wrought by the coronavirus crisis, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s top two bankers in the region.

Dorothee Blessing and Conor Hillery, co-heads of investment banking in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the U.S. lender, say talk of dealmaking is picking up amid signs of economic improvement and buoyant stock markets.