SRS | The Post-Closing Expert

The deal doesn’t end at closing. Private company sales involve working capital true-ups, analyses of pre-closing tax obligations and rights, indemnification claims for breaches of representations and warranties, escrow holdbacks and earnout provisions. In more than half of all deals, real problems arise that require investigation, negotiation and litigation management experience gained through repeat management of post-closing disputes. Only a dedicated team of forensic accountants, tax professionals, M&A and corporate attorneys, bankers, compliance officers and business negotiators can effectively serve shareholder interests after closing. You need the only specialized post-closing team that has served on hundreds of transactions. You need SRS.

Broad Team of Experts

  • When you engage a shareholder representative, consider who is going to do the work if an issue arises. SRS’ senior-level staff of over 30 corporate and litigation attorneys, forensic accountants, tax professionals, entrepreneurs and negotiators, is the most experienced team ever assembled for post-closing management.
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Proven Track Record

  • In over 250 deals, comprising over $25 billion in merger consideration, SRS has investigated, negotiated and, when necessary, litigated hundreds of indemnification claims and earnout disputes, purchase price adjustments, tax reviews, and escrow distributions. No one else comes close.
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Post-Closing Expertise

  • M&A professionals rely on SRS’ experience, data studies, and training materials to mitigate and prepare for issues that may arise after closing. Having managed many transactions through final escrow release and earnout milestone payments, SRS is the only firm with comprehensive post-closing management expertise.
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State-of-the-Art Systems

  • SRS ComPort™, SRS’ operational, tracking and reporting system is the most sophisticated tool ever used by a shareholder representative. More than 30,000 shareholders, including hundreds of sophisticated institutional investors, rely on our comprehensive portfolio of services for monitoring and protecting all of their post-closing interests, rights and obligations.
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THE SRS BLOGArchive

  • Planning for M&A in 2012? Read Tales from the M&A Trenches

    SRS has released the third edition of Tales from the M&A Trenches: Pre-Closing Practices to Mitigate Post-Closing Risks. Co-authored by SRS Managing Directors, Paul Koenig and Mark Vogel, the book presents issues that can impact parties after M&A transactions close, including potentially problematic deal terms, challenges with financial statements and tax matters, and the complexity surrounding earnouts and disbursements of consideration held back at closing. read more