The former Nomura, UBS and Deutsche Bank banker brings more than 25 years of global M&A and strategic advisory experience.

The former JP Morgan banker will be joining Citi in June from tech firm Dream Sports, and will be based in Mumbai.

Two M&A deals in Australia’s financial services sector hit major turbulence in March, underlining some of the recent challenges in completing deals, including higher interest rates and the war in the Middle East.

Recent deals have involved hotel, food delivery and energy assets from firms in Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and Thailand. Japanese corporates are seeking diversification in western markets.

The former Dechert managing partner joins as the US firm continues to strengthen its Greater China transactional capabilities.

Adam Zhang, managing director of Collabrium Partners, shares his views with FA on how Chinese companies are changing their approach to cross-border M&A, including finding opportunities in Southeast Asia and in technology.

Singapore's ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has 2.3GW of design capacity across 12 markets in Asia Pacific, the UK and Europe; it is the largest ever data centre deal in SEA.

Alun Evans is experienced in cross-border M&A, private capital and infrastructure.

Despite some valuation gaps, fundamentals in key sectors such as technology and energy, in addition to country reforms, are attracting capital as optimism picks up.