COVID-19: implications for live M&A deals | Practical Law

COVID-19: implications for live M&A deals | Practical Law

This video considers the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on in-flight M&A transactions that had exchanged but not completed before the pandemic took hold in the UK and Europe.

COVID-19: implications for live M&A deals

Practical Law UK Video and Audio w-025-3935 (Approx. 4 pages)

COVID-19: implications for live M&A deals

by Caroline Rae, Herbert Smith Freehills
Published on 07 May 2020 • England, Wales
This video considers the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on in-flight M&A transactions that had exchanged but not completed before the pandemic took hold in the UK and Europe.
Video chapters:
  • Impact on private M&A transactions.
  • Buyers' rights to terminate.
  • Impact on public M&A transactions.
  • Practical challenges.
  • Lessons learnt.
For a transcript of this video, see COVID-19: implications for live M&A deals (video transcript).