Appraisal During Crisis

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As COVID-19 continues to cause uncertainty in M&A transactions, investors should have a heightened interest in pursuing the rights available to them, including appraisal and inspection rights.

For instance, the Harvard Law Forum expects that buyers who agreed on transaction terms at pre-COVID-19 valuations might seek to terminate those transactions or renegotiate the price…

The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation has published a post by authors Professor Yair Listokin and Mr. Inho Andrew Mun, regarding corporate law in a financial crisis. Reviewing the crisis in 2008 and the rescue mergers that occurred, the authors propose that during a financial crisis, corporate law changes–in particular…