Analysis

Covid-19: The M&A role in companies recovery

How companies can take advantage of using a combination of offensive and defensive merger and acquisition strategies to prepare and accelerate recovery

With the expectation that M&A transactions will pick up again in the second half of the year, it is time to learn lessons that Covid-19 crisis has brought and prepare to emerge stronger. In this recovery phase, it is important to adopt two types of mergers and acquisitions strategies: defensives, which help to protect the company's future; and offensives, which can accelerate the transformation of the business model.

The second article of our 5 minute reading series, prepared by Deloitte's team of specialists, explains what these strategies are and the sectors in which they fit.

Follow our 5 minute reading series on the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on M&A

Covid-19: The M&A role in companies recovery
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