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2025 M&A Deal Terms Special Report: Lower Middle-Market Deals

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Lower middle-market deals – those with closing payments of $50 million or less – accounted for more than 40% of all M&A transactions in the last several years. This new report uncovers a variety of exclusive insights by comparing lower-middle market transaction data with that of the broader M&A market.

Download the report to explore key data specific to lower middle-market deals such as:

  • Differences among buyer types
  • Closing consideration shifts
  • Earnouts trends
  • Working capital purchase price adjustments
  • Impact of due diligence and insurance on indemnification

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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.

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