COVID-19: Private Equity In A Coronavirus World

April 1, 2020
 
WilmerHale
 
For most private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, the effects of the COVID-19 shockwave have started to give way to the realization that, for the near term, uncertainty is the new normal. Although many are still sorting through the new challenges every day brings, as the nation settles into social distancing, remote work, restricted travel and other realities caused by the pandemic, new strategies and tools are emerging to help private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies manage through the crisis and prepare for what may come next.