The good news upfront: In the opinion of many market participants, the M&A market will recover rather soon from the disturbances caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, which was declared a pandemic by the WHO on 11 March 2020. However, the Corona Pandemic’s mid and long-term consequences for the M&A and M&A insurance market but are expected to be significant. Even prior to the Corona Pandemic outbreak, experts predicted a downturn in the European M&A market and an increasing number of insolvency proceedings due to the general economic developments. These trends have been fueled by the Corona induced shutdown.
Many thanks to our top experts Dr. Mirjam Boche (Arqis), Gennadiy Kharif (Howden M&A), Dr. Markus Messinger (Liberty GTS) and Dr. Murad M. Daghles (White & Case) for the lively discussion on September 16, 2020.