Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions
Alpaca — source image

Image via City AM

Ma Activitycurated sourcedetected 2026-04-21 · confidence 95%

Last updated

Alpaca: Ma Activity

Alpaca completed acquisition of European fintech WealthKernel and launched European equities trading

Source: City AM

The leadership read

Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in the sector.

Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107 (Hot) (down 1.8 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-6.4pts) on signal share.

Alpaca: 0 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.

More signals across EMEA

Ma Activity · EMEA

Jacobs

Jacobs won three U.K. National Highways contracts, indicating successful bid activity and contract acquisition in the UK infrastructure market.

Ma Activity · EMEA

Baker Hughes

European Commission conditionally approved Baker Hughes' $13.6 billion acquisition of Chart Industries, subject to required LNG-related divestments. Deal is conditional and moving forward with regulatory oversight.

Ma Activity · EMEA

Delivery Hero

Delivery Hero in advanced negotiations with Uber over potential takeover offer

joining forces with Uber would strengthen Delivery Hero's long-term competitiveness in a scale-driven industry
Kristin Skogen Lund, Supervisory Board Chair, Delivery Hero · citybiz — regional US deals

Ma Activity · EMEA

EasyJet

EasyJet received a $9.9 billion offer from Apollo, indicating potential acquisition or bidding war activity

Ma Activity · EMEA

Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells completed largest transatlantic law firm merger in history with Cadwaledar, Wickersham & Taft on 1 July 2026. Combined entity has $3.6bn revenue, 3,200+ lawyers, and is aggressively targeting private capital and US-UK dealmaking markets.

Ma Activity · EMEA

Scaleway

Scaleway acquired Qarnot, a European high-performance computing specialist, to strengthen its sovereign European cloud platform with dedicated HPC capabilities for engineering, simulation, and research workloads.

Weekly briefing

Track companies like Alpaca — with our analysis

Anyone can set an alert for one company. We send a weekly read on the whole peer set — who's moving, and what it means for leadership. Pick what to follow:

Intelligence powered by Autonodal ↗

Share: WhatsApp · X · Email