Record deal values. Surging M&A volume. And a rising use of contingent payment clauses in merger agreements? The discordant note in an otherwise harmonious dealmaking aria is an apparent contradiction that Grant Thornton’s national managing principal for M&A Elliot Findlay puts down to persistent side effects of the pandemic. Let’s examine why 42 percent of surveyed dealmakers see a “significant increase” in earnout-related disputes and the deflationary implications of increasingly contested merger payouts.
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