During the past 18 months, the M&A business has changed drastically. The pace of dealmaking hasn’t abated, but working practices have had to adapt. Why has deal making been so frenetic? Why didn’t things grind to a halt given the levels of uncertainty?
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In our roundtable, promoted by Intralinks, M&A experts from Bank of America, Dentsu International, Freshfields, Intralinks and TMF Group discussed the ways in which M&A processes have changed, the challenges posed by the pandemic and how the industry will shift in the future.
Remote deal making and the state of M&A
- Private equity and the M&A boom
- The role of SPACs
- The challenges presented by Covid-19
- What the future holds for M&A
Contributors
Birger Berendes
Co-head of M&A for EMEA, Bank of America
Julia Crawley-Boevey
Head of M&A EMEA, Dentsu International
Stephen Long
Hhead of M&A, TMF Group
Bob Petrocchi
Co-headof business, SS&C Intralinks
Claire Wills
London managing partner, Freshfields