Market commentators have recently downgraded their views on the luxury transaction market in parallel with Dow Jones declines. Have opinions swung too far? Will we look back at 2025 as the worst or the best time to transact? What opportunities are being created and who might benefit? How are M&A and investment terms and structures likely to change? The panel will share perspectives on transactions in the luxury deal space this year, and the next twelve months, and discuss the real-world impacts of the 24-hours news cycle.

Nick O’Donnell, Partner, Bird & Bird

Kate Anthony Wilkinson, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Mulberry

Lorna Hopkinson, Managing Director, Retail Brands, M&A, BDO

Lara Nathans, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault