Clifford Chance

2025 will see a revitalised M&A market, as deal-makers look beyond recent challenges and uncertainties. A new pro-growth agenda and a stabilising macroeconomic environment are boosting global investor confidence. The market will be led by boardrooms taking strategic action in more favourable market conditions and by private capital.

This briefing provides a high-level survey of potential areas for change, in environmental and climate regulation, the energy transition, antitrust, the workplace, and in the regulation of investors and asset managers. The field is complex and the direction of travel is unpredictable; this survey provides a snapshot of areas that likely will receive focus early in the new administration.

This briefing provides an overview of how President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promises may translate into policy reform and the potential impact on the tech sector and the many businesses that rely on it.

At COP29, the global community is meeting in the hope of driving critical progress on climate commitments. Against this backdrop, our London Environment Group has launched a new report which explores recent developments concerning the Paris mechanisms and the VCM and makes recommendations for actions that need to be taken if they are to reach their full capabilities.  

This briefing provides an overview of how President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promises may translate into policy reform, how potential policy reforms could impact energy subsectors, and how the market may progress despite policy changes. Please note, the below analysis forecasts potential changes based on campaign promises made by Trump and his advisors and is subject to change.

In this extract from a recent Clifford Chance webinar moderated by Roger Leese, a member of the firm’s ESG Board and co-head of the firm’s Global Business and Human Rights practice, we explore what was achieved including the announcement of a New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance and agreement on the operationalisation of the global carbon market following a decade of trying.