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The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown the world into an unprecedented crisis, and social distancing measures enacted to slow the spread of the disease have pushed the global economy into recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M&A<\/a> cycles tend to follow economic ones, and with many industries, such as travel, hospitality, retail, and oil and gas, seeing their revenues disappear, M&A across the globe in the first quarter of 2020 fell 39% in terms of value, according to Mergermarket data. Meanwhile, deal volume decreased by 25% \u2013 and Q2 will, without a doubt, see even heavier declines in deal activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of what will happen next is still up in the air and will be determined by many factors beyond the scope of M&A<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more about what the coming months might have in store, we brought together six experts from the fields of law, corporate advisory, academia, and technology to share their insights into the opportunities and challenges for dealmaking in the Covid-19 era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10307,"template":"","class_list":["post-11244","whitepapers","type-whitepapers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nM&A in Historic Uncertainty - Imprima<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read our whitepaper to see what six professionals and academics have to say about Covid 19s impact on the M&A market.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imprima.com\/whitepapers\/ma-in-historic-uncertainty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"M&A in Historic Uncertainty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mergermarket and Imprima have teamed up with 5 additional industry experts to share insights into the upcoming opportunities and challenges for dealmaking in the Covid-19 era.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.imprima.com\/whitepapers\/ma-in-historic-uncertainty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Imprima\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-17T12:39:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"M&A in Historic Uncertainty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.imprima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/June2020-MM-WP-image_historic-uncertaintytransparent.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imprima.com\/whitepapers\/ma-in-historic-uncertainty\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.imprima.com\/whitepapers\/ma-in-historic-uncertainty\",\"name\":\"M&A in Historic Uncertainty - 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