Investment bankers would be willing to plunge into self isolation for two weeks under new UK quarantine rules for travel, if it meant securing a lucrative role on a big deal.

With M&A bankers itching to get back on the road as deal volumes remain in the deep freeze during the coronavirus pandemic, some senior dealmakers admit privately that a two-week quarantine period would be a price worth paying to be in the mix for a large transaction, according to conversations with three senior bankers.