“Standard vendor due diligence and virtual data rooms keep you at arms-length from the company, which is usually fine in Europe where the asset is well-known and the basis of information reliable and complete. But in China, there is often a lack of reliable information readily available so it’s essential …

“There’s a lot of scope for technology to improve the M&A process in other ways, For example, completion and signing meetings that are run remotely still rely largely on email, rather than deal room technology, as parties are more comfortable with that method of reviewing final form documents. That’s something …