The 2026 M&A Deal Terms Study analyzes 2,300+ private-target acquisitions, valued at $569 billion that closed between 2020 and 2025 for which SRS Acquiom provided services. The study contains data, insights, and M&A trends not found anywhere else about earnouts, purchase price adjustments (PPAs), escrows, indemnification, and more.
Key topics in this year’s study include:
- Trends in valuations and earnouts
- Impact of heightened due diligence on escrow utilization
- Prevalence of walk-away indemnity structures
Kip is a senior director leading the SRS Acquiom thought leadership practice, the mission of which is to share resourceful content built from SRS Acquiom expertise and proprietary data. In addition to facilitating scores of interactive presentations at M&A conferences and law firms, Kip authors a plethora of articles and data studies regularly utilized by the market.
Previously, Kip was a part of 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, he was an attorney with a Denver-based boutique business law firm working on middle-market M&A deals.
Kip holds J.D. and M.S. (Econometrics) degrees and is a member of the Colorado bar.