MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

WATCH THE REPLAY The program will address the current rise in SPAC activity. Among other things, we will cover how SPACs are formed; SPAC structure and governance; what makes SPACs attractive to sponsors, shareholders and targets; and the M&A process on the back-end.  We...

WATCH THE REPLAY The panel of leading healthcare advisors and restructuring professionals will focus on the current healthcare industry crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, possible short-term and long-term solutions, various restructuring options available to healthcare...

WATCH THE REPLAY HERE The discussion with Steven Kargman, a leading expert on international debt restructurings and international insolvency, will focus on the impact of COVID-19 on emerging market economies and the implications for financial distress/restructuring in the...

WATCH THE REPLAY HERE Many private companies negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have focused on business performance efficiencies as well as corporate contingency and shareholder planning to operate effectively in the “New Normal.”  While the crisis and...

WATCH THE REPLAY HERE As the US economy posts the sharpest downturn on record, management and general counsel of companies negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic are forced to examine liquidity and restructuring options available to their businesses, both bankruptcy and...

WATCH THE REPLAY Prior to COVID-19, private company exits enjoyed a seller’s market:  high valuations, tremendous amount of capital available from both, financial and strategic buyers, and ready availability of acquisition debt financing.  The pandemic created...

WATCH THE REPLAY The program will address current M&A and private equity markets, as companies emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown.  We will discuss deal types and structures, both healthy and distressed, most active industries, and transactional outlook for 2020 and...

WATCH THE REPLAY While the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected many industries and underlying companies, its most devastating impact has been on small businesses, which account for more than 50% of the U.S. jobs.  Recognizing the need to assist small businesses...

The COVID-19 crisis is likely to create many corporate acquisition opportunities, both, in terms of stand-alone troubled companies in need of capital, as well as corporate carve-outs.  Independent sponsors in partnership with private equity firms have the flexibility,...

WATCH THE REPLAY Global economic distress and the uncertainty of the “new normal” have significantly changed the areas of focus in transactional due diligence, underscoring the limitations of the pre-crisis approach. The panel will discuss best due diligence practices during and...