COVID-19 has negatively impacted financing conditions, economic growth, and appetite for mergers and acquisitions among corporate executives in Europe. Almost ************** of European corporate executives surveyed in the second and third quarters of 2020 cited the pandemic as the reason they weren't considering M&A at the time. Many M&A stakeholders said that M&A wasn't part of their corporate strategy for 2021.
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CMS Cameron McKenna. (September 22, 2020). Share of European corporate executives not considering M&A in the next 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195537/europe-manda-covid-impact/
CMS Cameron McKenna. "Share of European corporate executives not considering M&A in the next 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020." Chart. September 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195537/europe-manda-covid-impact/
CMS Cameron McKenna. (2020). Share of European corporate executives not considering M&A in the next 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195537/europe-manda-covid-impact/
CMS Cameron McKenna. "Share of European Corporate Executives Not Considering M&a in The next 12 Months Due to The Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195537/europe-manda-covid-impact/
CMS Cameron McKenna, Share of European corporate executives not considering M&A in the next 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195537/europe-manda-covid-impact/ (last visited July 14, 2025)
Share of European corporate executives not considering M&A in the next 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 [Graph], CMS Cameron McKenna, September 22, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195537/europe-manda-covid-impact/
