Q&A: New Guidance on Valuation of Contingent Consideration (Earnouts)

How do you get buyers and sellers to execute an M&A transaction when the prospects of an industry are extremely uncertain?  Part of the answer may be to structure the deal in a way that defers payment of a (significant) portion of the purchase price in the form of contingent consideration.  In this blog post, Sujan Rajbhandary, vice president, interviews Travis Harms, who leads Mercer’s valuation for financial reporting practice, to get his thoughts on the new valuation guidance.

To read the full article in Mercer Capital’s Financial Reporting Blog, click: Q&A: New Guidance on Valuation of Contingent Consideration (Earnouts).

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