MELCHERS (Germany): Transactions in Trouble: M&A in Times of the Coronavirus

Within a few weeks and months, the outbreak of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) or the disease Covid-19 has posed major challenges to people worldwide. The private life of the individual is upside down, health care systems and governments of every country have to prove themselves in the crisis and companies worldwide are being put to a hard test. The German government announces financial support, the obligation to file for insolvency is to be suspended in individual cases, tax relief such as forbearance and waiver of enforcement measures are being considered. MORE.