Time to sell? COVID and taxes loom over an active M&A market
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You’d be forgiven
for thinking the mergers and acquisitions market would be upset by the past year of uncertainty, that the prospect of selling your business in this environment might be daunting and any plans you had to exit would have to be delayed.
But many M&A industry experts say the market is strong and conditions favorable for owners considering a sale of their business.
“Valuations have definitely not come down, which I think people were assuming would happen,” said Cheryl Aschenbrener, partner and national leader of transaction advisory services for Illinois-based Sikich. “It peaked a lot of potential sellers’ interest,” she added. “Busy isn’t even the word. We’re on warped speed.”