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ARTICLE · 10 FEBRUARY 2021

M&A Trends In Canada For 2021

The global effects of the pandemic have caused inevitable market pressures that will require industries to look towards reshaping the manner in which they carry on business...

CanadaCorporate/Commercial Law

The global effects of the pandemic have caused inevitable market pressures that will require industries to look towards reshaping the manner in which they carry on business, organically or through M&A. While 2020 may not have been the year of M&A mega deals, the pandemic that consumed 2020 has brought on a shift in both M&A activity in Canada and the structure of deals we anticipate to see in 2021.

M&A Activity

Despite the unsurprising drop in M&A activity in the first half of 2020, the third quarter experienced a surge in deals. Several factors influenced this deal momentum, which we anticipate will persist and carry well into 2021:

  • Distressed Companies: Distressed companies no longer have the benefit of government funding, temporary lender flexibility or other means of credit and may be more susceptible to opportunistic M&A or "fire-sales".

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