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Survey on Technology & Innovation in M&A

UNITED KINGDOM

Spotlight: AI Adoption, Sentiment & Investment Intent

If you are a dealmaker, advisor or insurance professional working in M&A in United Kingdom we would love to hear from you. Please share your thoughts on your own technology and innovation journey by taking our anonymous survey here.

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Respondent information

Office location *

Organization type *

Role in M&A *

How would you describe the pace of AI adoption within your own organisation?

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Too slow — we're falling behind

About right — sensible, measured progress

Too fast — governance is being sacrificed

Hard to know — unclear what real progress looks like

Which best describes your firm's current use of AI for deal work?

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Not using — relying on traditional tools

Experimenting — individual use, no firm-wide approach

Developing — defined tools and shared approach in place

Advanced — AI embedded across key deal stages

AI-native — AI is core to how we operate

What's driving AI adoption pressure at your firm? (select all that apply)

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No pressure — it's not on the agenda

Cost savings and efficiency expectations

Talent — recruitment and retention

Board or leadership mandate

Competitive pressure — peers are moving faster

What – if anything – is holding back AI adoption on your deal work? (select all that apply)

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Data quality and structure

Governance and accountability

Tool integration and legacy systems

People — behaviour and adoption

Budget and business case

Confidence in AI outputs / trust

Insurance and liability concerns

Nothing is holding us back

What are your biggest frustrations (if any) with AI tools today? (select all that apply)

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Too much hype, not enough substance

Too agreeable — tells me what I want to hear

Inconsistent — outputs vary too much to rely on

Security — don't trust where data goes

Creates new inefficiency — oversight costs outweigh gains

Gets close but isn't reliable enough for real work

Too many hallucinations and errors

No frustrations!

Do you think AI will play a bigger role?

Please grade on a linear scale where 1 is that AI use will decrease, 3 is that it will stay about the same and 5 is that you will be AI native.

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1 - AI use will decrease

2

3

4

5 - We will be near AI-native

How do you expect AI adoption to change your relationship with external advisors (if at all)?

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Not at all — advisors bring judgment AI can't replace

I'll expect lower fees for work AI now handles

I'll give them a narrower scope of work

I'll expect advisors to actively improve my team's efficiency