Recent global events, including the breakout of war in Europe and the increase in trade-based sanctions, have demonstrated how geopolitical risk events can quickly disrupt national economies and business operations. As Christopher Mason and Ian Oxnevad of Infortal Worldwide explore, the world of M&A is not immune from the same geopolitical risk pressures, raising the stakes for would-be investors and dealmakers.
The world of collecting intelligence, so often romanticized in spy movies, is readily available to companies in comfortably less melodramatic forms. In fact, conducting due diligence based on open-source intelligence (OSINT), in conjunction with the clarity of in-country, boots-on-the-ground assessments, offers would-be M&A investors an ability to gain a true understanding of the risk profile of any international M&A deal.
Ignoring Geopolitical Risk During & After Cross-Border M&A Can Destroy Your Valuation in Minutes