What You Need to Know About Purchase Price Disputes and How to Avoid Them

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Event Overview

For litigators and transactional attorneys, purchase price disputes after an acquisition can be a long, difficult prospect. Our speakers, Debra Thompson, director, and Al Kohl, manager, both of McGladrey’s Financial Forensic & Valuation Services practice, will discuss pitfalls to watch for and when to get a forensic specialist involved.

Through explanations of accounting standards and by the use of case studies, discussion topics include:

• Overstatement of represented value
• Post-closing working capital disputes
• Earn-out disputes
• GAAP versus consistent accounting treatment
• Contingent liabilities and financial statement implications
• Impact of accounting regulation changes
• Misrepresentation of financial statements