M&A Practices In A Post-COVID-19 World

This is certainly a situation where the (purportedly) ancient curse would seem to apply:  May you live in interesting times.  Living, however, implies moving forward, and that is what the business world is trying to do.  While we as a Firm have seen several current acquisition or disposition transactions slow down, we have not seen any abandoned yet.  In fact, we have clients who are witnessing the upheavals of the last few weeks and seeing opportunity.

Now this is the time to review current practices and see if we need to be doing anything different in our documents and practices to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects.  Here are a few topics that deserve a fresh look.