Donald Trump Presidency Could Make 2025 a ‘Breakout Year for M&A’ With Deregulation on the Table
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Donald Trump‘s return to the White House next year could lead to a new wave of industry consolidation in the media and entertainment biz — and beyond.
A second Trump administration is likely to usher in deregulation and “more aggressive M&A activity,” said Lucinda Guthrie, head of financial data company Mergermarket.
She said 2025 “could be a breakout year for M&A, especially in industries heavily influenced by capital gains tax or regulatory uncertainty.” One key reason: Trump is widely expected to replace leaders at multiple U.S.
regulatory agencies, including FTC chair Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter, the Justice Department’s antitrust division chief, who have led the Biden administration’s charge in aggressively seeking to thwart major M&A activity and defang the power of large tech companies.
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