Mega deals will likely continue driving an M&A resurgence that will accelerate in the second half of 2026, with private equity keeping the pace, predicts Alex Kelly of Latham & Watkins.

ZincFive Inc., a specialized battery maker supplying data centers, has agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check company backed by SparkLabs Group at a pre-money valuation of $600 million.

The AI-driven boom will ease up at some point in the future but not yet, Diameter Capital Partners co-founder and Managing Partner Scott Goodwin said at the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum on Wednesday.