Preparing for the unknown: accessing liquidity and mitigating risk during the coronavirus crisis

This article is intended to provide business leaders with a perspective on how to mitigate the immediate and potential financial risks posed by this crisis, with a special focus on short-term and long-term financing solutions. We believe it will be possible for companies to selectively use the debt markets even during these difficult times and that there are a large number of options to access liquidity in the short-term to address shortages in working capital as well as financing inventories, shortfalls, and increased demands as relevant. Alternative financing can provide innovative solutions that can coexist with bank financing.