Even prior to the Corona Pandemic outbreak, experts anticipated an upcoming downturn in the European M&A market and an increasing number of insolvency proceedings due to the general economic development. The number of M&A deals in Europe decreased already by 4% from 949 deals in 2018 to 913 in 2019, in value even by 31% from EUR 832 Billion in 2018 to EUR 573 Billions in 2019 (Source: Thomson Financial). Michael Drill, CEO of Lincoln International AG, indicated at that time in the MuMAC Special 2019, that „managers and investors are starting to become cautious when contemplating acquisitions and are aware of the risks associated with the high valuations that sellers are still expecting for their businesses.” These trends have been fueled by the Corona caused shut-down in Europe and Rest of World.
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