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How do M&A claims play out post-closing? Gather all the insights by reading our upcoming 2024 M&A Claims Insights Report.
The report provides analyses of earnouts and indemnification claims from more than 850 private-target acquisitions, valued at approximately $168 billion, for which SRS Acquiom served as shareholder representative. All deals examined in the report included escrows that were fully released between Q3 2022 and Q2 2024—including 518 individual indemnification claims and 200 earnout milestones. Most of the data featured in the report is not publicly available and is not available anywhere else.
Topics include:
- Indemnification claim activities, including analysis of deals with Representations and Warranties Insurance (RWI)
- Earnout achievement rates
- Expense funds
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Kip Wallen
Senior Director, Thought Leadership tel:720-452-5364
Kip Wallen is a senior director leading the SRS Acquiom thought leadership practice. He leverages his extensive expertise and SRS Acquiom proprietary data to produce resourceful content regularly utilized by market practitioners. Kip has broad experience in M&A and provides guidance on market standards and trends.
Previously, Kip was a Director with the SRS Acquiom Transactional Group, where he collaborated with clients and counsel to negotiate M&A documents including purchase, escrow, payments, and other transactional agreements. Before joining SRS Acquiom, Kip was an attorney with a Denver-based boutique business law firm where he assisted clients with M&A transactions as well as general corporate governance and securities matters.
Kip is an avid supporter of the Colorado Symphony, serving as Treasurer and Trustee. He is an active participant on the American Bar Association’s M&A Committee. In 2016, Kip completed Leadership 20 with the Denver chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.
Kip received his J.D. from the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver and an M.S. in Economics, B.S. in Economics and B.A. in International Relations from Lehigh University. He is a member of the Colorado bar.