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Summary of “The Strategic Choice of Peers in M&A Valuations”

By | August 12, 2021

The vast majority of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in recent years employ fairness opinions (FOs). FOs are provided by an outside advisor (typically an investment bank) and reflect the advisor’s opinion that the terms of the transaction are “fair” to the shareholders from a financial perspective. To justify their opinion, the advisor performs valuation analyses… Read More »