An M&A Guidebook for a Post-pandemic World: Creative Ways to Bridge the Gaps between Buyers and Sellers after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

In this chapter, the authors explore current trends in M&A deal structure, due diligence and post-closing challenges. The global pandemic has had a direct and indirect impact on the capital markets, transactions and market conditions, some short-lived and likely to return to normal as the global economy slowly re-opens and some more permanent as to how buyers and sellers and their advisors are likely to perceive, allocate and mitigate transactional risks.

Citation

Sherman, A.J. and Pryzant, P. (2021), "An M&A Guidebook for a Post-pandemic World: Creative Ways to Bridge the Gaps between Buyers and Sellers after the COVID-19 Pandemic", Cooper, C.L. and Finkelstein, S. (Ed.) Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions (Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, Vol. 20), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-361X20210000020001