Mergers & Acquisitions in times of AI…

๐˜’๐˜-๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ “๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ” (in good Bavarian) and are currently becoming objects of desire just as often. However, in the age of AI, company valuations are no longer as simple and clear as they used to be (and they were anything but simple and clear in the past).

๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฎฬˆ๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—จฬˆ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‡๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—œ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—œ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜.

To avoid picking the wrong “mushrooms” and then going to bed with a stomach ache, it is important to rethink the topic of ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ & ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. This is because much more importance must be attached to technical testing as soon as AI is involved.

It is also important for ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ to optimally prepare for possible share sales from an AI perspective in order to achieve the highest possible price.

Technically speaking, it is no longer “just” about ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ and ๐——๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, which have to be viewed, but above all about ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—œ-๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ก๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป. Rules and standards, such as the ๐—”๐—œ-๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜, but also the ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข/๐—œ๐—˜๐—– ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿต (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ-๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฒ) come into play (quality model for AI systems), the corresponding ๐—จ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป of the EU countries and the ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ- ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€-๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ must also be taken into account. And it should not be forgotten that ๐—œ๐—ง-๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ด๐—ฒ also change and evolve. Oh yes, the ๐—ž๐—œ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น also plays a role that should not be underestimated.

๐˜•๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ…. !

Success in this area requires not only the combination of IT and law, but also the latest findings from research and development. In this combination, ๐— &๐—” ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—œ can be solidly and reliably assessed and evaluated.

From my own experience (also at Streitz Hoppen & Partner – IT-Sachverstรคndige) I know how important this topic already is and what a decisive role it will play in the future.

That’s why I would like to remind you of this in this post!

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