Ninth Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre Conference

We are delighted to invite you to register to join us for the 9th Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre (MARC) Conference, which will be held at Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London, on Monday, 16 June 2025, in cooperation with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).

Since 2016, the annual M&A Research Centre conference has brought together cutting-edge research and practice on M&A by leading professors and industry experts around the world. Topics span a broad array of issues related to M&A, such as deal structure from financing to integration, activism, regulatory changes, domestic and cross-border transactions and corporate social responsibility, among others. The conference has been held in cooperation with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). We are honoured to have many world-leading academic experts in the field of M&A serving on our programme committee.

Our MARC conference is among the most selective high-quality conferences in the field. The papers presented at our conference are at the forefront of knowledge and of high academic rigour, as evidenced by a high acceptance rate in the top academic journals in the field. As of January 2025, eleven papers presented at the first three conferences (2016 to 2018) have been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Accounting Research, and Journal of International Business Studies.

As in previous years, the conference includes presentations and discussions of academic papers as well as a keynote speech by a leading M&A practitioner. This year's keynote speaker will be Ian Hart, Co-Chairman of UK Investment Banking at UBS.

Ticket prices:
Academics and Alumni - Free | Non-academics - £75.00

📆 Conference details:
Monday, 16 June 2025 | 08:30 – 17:30 BST

📍 Conference Location:
Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London

Know more:
- Click here to view the Conference and Events Cancellation and Refund Policy. [PDF]
- Attendance at City St George's events is subject to the terms and conditions.
- MARC event page

Program Committee:

Kenneth Ahern (University of Southern California), Marco Becht (Université libre de Bruxelles & ECGI), Audra Boone (Texas Christian University & ECGI), Claudia Custodio (Imperial & ECGI), Éric de Bodt (Norwegian School of Economics), B. Espen Eckbo (Dartmouth College & ECGI), Eliezer Fich (Drexel University & ECGI), Andrey Golubov (University of Toronto & ECGI), Jarrad Harford (University of Washington & ECGI), Tim Jenkinson (University of Oxford & ECGI), Dirk Jenter (London School of Economics & ECGI), Elisabeth Kempf (Harvard University), Kai Li (University of British Columbia & ECGI), Song Ma (Yale University & ECGI), Ronald Masulis (University of New South Wales & ECGI), Micah Officer (Loyola Marymount University & ECGI), Robert Parrino (University of Texas at Austin), Raghavendra Rau (University of Cambridge & ECGI), Stefano Rossi (Bocconi University & ECGI), Henri Servaes (London Business School & ECGI), Denis Sosyura (Arizona State University & ECGI), Sudi Sudarsanam (Cranfield University), Karin Thorburn (Norwegian School of Economics & ECGI).

About MARC:

The M&A Research Centre, founded in 2008, is a breakthrough: the first time a major business school has established a focused centre for research into the global M&A industry. With its proximity to the City of London, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass Business School) is perfectly placed to maintain close contacts with M&A bankers, lawyers, consultants, accountants and other key players. MARC is one of 18 research centres at Bayes. A number of corporations, regulators, professional services firms, exchanges and universities have been using MARC for swift access to the latest research and practical ideas. MARC is proud to have its Sponsors including Ardian, BP, ICAEW, KPMG, Mergermarket, SS&C Intralinks, and WTW as research partners. In 2011, MARC was chosen by AACSB to be the 'Spotlight' feature in its Research/Scholarship Resource Centre. Link to article: AACSB Spotlight: MARC, City University, London.