{"id":21812,"date":"2016-04-21T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/2016\/04\/21\/the-global-legal-post-report-identifies-the-leading-causes-of-post-ma-disputes\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T10:31:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T08:31:35","slug":"the-global-legal-post-report-identifies-the-leading-causes-of-post-ma-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/en_gb\/the-global-legal-post-report-identifies-the-leading-causes-of-post-ma-disputes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Global Legal Post: Report identifies the leading causes of post-M&A disputes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heiko Ziehms, Erik van Duijvenvoorde<\/strong> and Edmond Richards<\/strong> of financial advisory firm Accuracy introduce the findings of a report examining the major causes of post-M&A disputes.<\/p>\n

Few corporate activities waste as much management time, and cost as much money, as post-M&A disputes. They can take years to resolve and often hinder a company\u2019s operating activities.<\/p>\n

Data suggest that up to one-third of M&A transactions end up in legal disputes. A post-deal dispute therefore represents a very real risk when buying or selling a company, and avoiding disputes should be among the key objectives for any deal. However, successfully avoiding them requires an understanding of their causes.<\/p>\n

A major new report into the causes of post-M&A disputes reveals reasons why deals end in legal acrimony. Financial advisory firm Accuracy reviewed over 900 claims over a ten-year period and across a breadth of sectors to produce the most in-depth, data-driven research of its kind. The report, entitled \u2018An Autopsy of Cross-Border M&A Disputes\u2019, examines the leading causes of conflict and provides recommendations on how companies can avoid making similar mistakes in the future.<\/p>\n

All of the disputes covered by the Accuracy report \u2013 with values ranging from \u20ac5m to \u20ac10bn \u2013 contained at least one of the following four factors:<\/p>\n