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What Killed Deals in 2025

Actual examples of deals that died between LOI and closing and how you can mitigate that happening to you.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
What Killed Deals in 2025
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Deals want to die.

Anyone who’s tried to buy a business knows this truth.

Keeping a deal alive takes grit, calm nerves, and a steady hand.

Attorneys Bill Barlow and James David Williams return with a year-end breakdown of the leading reasons they saw deals make it to LOI but never cross the finish line in 2025.

They share:

  • Real examples
  • Why those deals fell apart
  • How you can protect your own deal from meeting the same fate
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