Brian Lucareli, director of Foley Private Client Services (PCS) and co-chair of the Family Offices group, sits down with Arthur Vorbrodt, senior counsel and member of Foley’s Transactions group, for a 10-minute interview to discuss bridging M&A valuation gaps with earnouts and rollovers. During this session, Arthur explained the pros and cons of utilizing rollover equity, earnout payments, and/or a combination thereof, and discussed how a family office may utilize these contingent consideration mechanics, as tools to bridge M&A transaction valuation gaps with sellers.
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