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When COVID-19 hit Australian shores, and businesses across all industries started to feel its impact, state and federal governments began to release a wide range policy updates and initiatives.

Despite numerous lockdowns throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the essential nature of the Agribusiness, Food & Beverage sector has seen diversification and growth opportunities for many of the market participants.

In an M&A transaction, Tax Warranty and Indemnity (W&I) insurance policy is a key risk management tool you should consider to safeguard your transactions.

While this deal mechanism has been used in transactions for some time, we are likely to see an increase of earnouts used in future M&A negotiations given the uncertain and unpredictable economic climate ahead.

No one M&A transaction is the same. Each brings about their own unique set of considerations and conditions.

It was clear from the Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum last week that post-COVID recovery, and driving more sustainable practices and supply chains, including producing carbon reduced or neutral energy, were front of mind.

More M&A as Financial Services organisations seek to consolidate for improved customer experiences.

M&A took a massive hit in 2020, with the majority of transactions put on hold in the February-March 2020 period in response to COVID.

We have released the seventh edition of Dealtracker, our analysis of the Australian M&A and equity markets. Covering transactions during the 18 month period from1 January 2019 to 30 June 2020, we saw a significant decrease in deals in H1 2020 as the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Agribusiness, Food & Beverage Dealtracker

Under the best of circumstances, a week is a long time in any active corporate transaction process. It’s constantly subject to external forces — market valuation considerations, stakeholder approvals, availability of credit, to mention just a few.

Welcome to the 2019 edition of Bite Size Dealtracker Update which focuses on M&A and IPO activity in the Agribusiness, Food & Beverage industry in calendar year 2018. Our previous Bite Size Dealtrackers covered the 7 year period from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2017 (Long Term Period).