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#BoFLIVE: Taking Stock of the M&A Market

Private equity firms, mega retailers and strategic groups that emerge from the crisis with cash to spare will be on the hunt. But what will they be buying?

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BoF Team

14 May 2020

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Thank you for your interest in this BoF Professional LIVE event on the M&A market, presented by Afterpay, featuring Elsa Berry, managing director and founder of Vendôme Global Partners; Pierre Mallevays, managing partner at Savigny Partners LLP; and Luca Solca, head of luxury goods research at Bernstein, in conversation with Lauren Sherman.

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