In this episode of S&C’s Critical Insights podcast series, London corporate partners Vanessa Blackmore, Jeremy Kutner and Ben Perry discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A in the U.K. Vanessa, Jeremy and Ben explore some of the issues that are arising as a result of general economic and market conditions, the impact of COVID-19 on businesses that are being acquired and the responses by governments to COVID-19, and consider whether, and if so how, these may change market practice.