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Coronavirus set to increase M&A disputes

With buyers and sellers arguing over every penny, M&A negotiations are likely to become more contentious, complex and expensive. Duff & Phelps’ Andrew Probert looks how accounting policies can lead to disputes as ‘coronavirus’ gets written into agreements

Handshakes, impromptu restaurant trips and mask-free living; life BC, or ‘before Covid-19’, was certainly very different to the world we now live in. Similarly, the world of corporate transactions has not been immune to upheaval.

M&A activity dropped off a cliff at the start of the pandemic, and despite a resurgence in transaction levels as lockdown measures have eased, business is not as usual.

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