Cross Professional Analysis of Today’s M&A Friction Points

Across the UK mid market, a clear and consistent pattern has emerged: deals are taking longer, feeling heavier, and failing more often than they did even a few years ago. This is not a temporary post COVID distortion. It is a structural shift in how transactions are conceived, diligenced, negotiated, and executed.

To identify these pattern changes and suggest cross professional recommendations, we’re proud to present our white paper, featuring insights from Thomson Snell & Passmore.

With both quantitative and qualitative insights from lenders, investors, accountants, lawyers, and corporate finance professionals, this paper explores six key themes causing the rise in deal timelines and what can be done to make deals once again feel like progress rather than endurance.