How COVID-19 Has Affected Global M&A Transactions

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented disruptive event, both in the respect of personal and social relationships, as well as in the operation, management and preservation of corporations. The corporate world has faced an unprecedented challenge in preserving the operation of companies, the health and wellbeing of their employees, maintaining liquidity levels and sources of funding, and balancing the interests of their different stakeholders.

In this context, COVID-19 continues to have significant effects on companies and their operations, including on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), financing, securities market, contractual and commercial agreements. The purpose of this article is to describe in general terms the main impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A transactions.