M&A Trends: PPAs and Claims Activity

Kip Wallen
Senior Director, Thought Leadership

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This info sheet updates and summarizes key findings from the 2022 M&A Claims Insights Report to help you be better informed on your next M&A deal. The updated information provides insights on the types of claims, separate escrows, the influence of sales taxes on escrows, the costliest kinds of claims, how long claims take to resolve, and the importance of expense funds to cover the costs of claims. Dealmakers can use this information to better prepare the right PPAs and claims strategies for the deal at-hand.

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About the author Kip Wallen Senior Director, Thought Leadership 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 on the Associate Board and Colorado Symphony Fund Board, and the Colorado Rockies. 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.