International mergers and acquisitions: challenges for Russian companies

This article is devoted to the problems of international mergers and acquisitions for Russian companies. Author considers the fundamental theoretical aspects of mergers and acquisitions - the main ways of business reorganization and types of transactions. The article analyzes the role of M&A transactions for Russian companies, as well as the specifics of the most typical problems of the Russian M&A market, in particular, the problem of assessing the market value of companies and a number of problems caused by socio-economic events in the first half of 2020. Based on the research conducted on the problems of the Russian M&A market, potential solutions were proposed in the field of state regulation, methods for assessing the current market value of the company, and technology for conducting M&A transactions.