DealWatch: A time of opportunity?

DLA Piper special counsel Aoife O’Gorman says distressed M&A is on the rise. (Image: DLA Piper)

Mon, 13 Mar 2023

Cautiously optimistic is how dealmakers should be feeling, says DLA Piper special counsel Aoife O’Gorman as businesses face macroeconomic turbulence. “We're picking 2023 to be a year of managing inflationary and pricing challenges; a year of some distressed M&A activity and a year of strategic takeovers. “We expect to see those with access to capital and healthy reserves to look at refining their mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy and position themselves to capitalise on appetisin...

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