M&A Post-Closing Disputes: Minimizing and Resolving Disputes Over Working Capital Adjustments and Earnouts
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will examine the common causes of M&A post-closing disputes regarding working capital adjustments and earnouts. The panel will discuss strategies for mitigating the likelihood of post-closing disputes and considerations and best practices for resolving them.
Outline
- Common drivers of M&A post-closing disputes over the purchase price and earnouts
- Best practices to minimize conflicts
- Options and considerations for resolving disputes
Benefits
The panel will review these and other top-line issues:
- What are the common reasons for and allegations involved in M&A post-closing disputes over working capital adjustments or earnouts?
- How can counsel minimize the likelihood of M&A post-closing disputes?
- What are the conventional processes for resolving M&A post-closing disputes and the pros and cons of each?
Faculty
Scott Friedland
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting
Mr. Friedland is a Senior Managing Director in the FTI Consulting Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice and is... | Read More
Mr. Friedland is a Senior Managing Director in the FTI Consulting Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice and is based in New York. For the past 15 years, he has provided auditing, accounting and investigative expertise to attorneys in litigated and arbitrated disputes. He also provides advice in matters involving purchase price disputes, shareholder disputes, accountant malpractice, fraudulent conveyances, financial services, and banking litigation, business interruption, breach of contract and fraudulent financial reporting. He has provided expert testimony, has assisted counsel in independent corporate investigations and has served as the accountant to the receiver of several companies. Mr. Friedland is the responsible officer of Enterprise Mortgage Acceptance Company (EMAC), a former originator and servicer of CMOs.
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Matthew L. Ogurick
Partner
Pryor Cashman
Mr. Ogurick is a partner in Pryor Cashman’s Corporate Group and a member of the Mergers + Acquisitions, Private... | Read More
Mr. Ogurick is a partner in Pryor Cashman’s Corporate Group and a member of the Mergers + Acquisitions, Private Equity, and Securities + Corporate Finance Practices. He provides counsel to public and private companies in the U.S. and around the world, private equity firms and their portfolio clients, family offices, investment companies, venture capital funds, entrepreneurs, and sponsors on a wide range of capital markets and corporate transactions including IPOs, up-listings, SPAC and de-SPAC transactions, equity line financings and PIPE transactions, convertible debt and equity transactions, SEC reporting and compliance, national exchange listings, legal opinion practice, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and structuring, formation, and funding of real estate development, technology, and early stage companies.
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Matthew J. Weldon
Partner
K&L Gates
Mr. Weldon is a Practice Group Coordinator of K&L Gates’ International Arbitration Group. His practice... | Read More
Mr. Weldon is a Practice Group Coordinator of K&L Gates’ International Arbitration Group. His practice focuses on international commercial and treaty arbitration, complex international commercial litigation, and public international law.
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