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Mergers and acquisitions involve complex negotiations, multiple stakeholders, and carefully coordinated closing processes. Independent third parties help facilitate these transactions by safeguarding funds, supporting payment processes, and providing trusted transaction services that help reduce execution risk.

CSC works with corporate buyers and sellers, private equity firms, financial advisers, investment banks, and legal advisers, providing escrow, paying agent, and transaction support services for domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.

Our M&A solutions

Escrow Agent

  • Independent escrow solutions supporting purchase price and valuation holdbacks, legal disputes, contingent liabilities, earn-outs and other transaction requirements.

Exchange and Paying Agent services

  • Manage shareholder and stakeholder payments accurately and efficiently.

Escrow Agent

  • Escrow services that facilitate safeguarding capital raising proceeds (e.g., subscriptions, private placements, private investment in public equity)

Loan Agency and Indenture Trustee services

  • Trustee, Paying Agent, and Collateral Agent on conventional debt and leveraged buyout debt transactions

  • Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on revolving credit and syndicated term loan facilities

Depositary and Account Bank

  • Secure transaction accounts to safeguard bond and loan proceeds and other fund flows in connection with complex M&A transactions.

M&A transactions we support

CSC supports a broad range of corporate transactions, including:

  • Private company acquisitions

  • Public company acquisitions

  • Cross-border M&A

  • Private equity transactions

  • Corporate carve-outs

  • Joint ventures

  • Divestitures

  • Take-private transactions

  • Shareholder payment programmes

  • Purchase price adjustments

  • Earn-out arrangements

  • Litigation and dispute escrows

  • Post-closing obligations

Who we work with

CSC supports organisations involved in mergers and acquisitions, including:

  • Corporate buyers and sellers

  • Private equity firms

  • Investment banks

  • Commercial banks

  • Financial advisers

  • Law firms

  • Public and private companies

  • Family offices

  • Institutional investors

Supporting M&A closings

Closing is one of the most critical stages of any M&A transaction. Coordinating multiple parties, managing the secure transfer of funds and ensuring payment obligations are fulfilled requires careful execution and experienced independent support.

CSC helps clients manage these critical processes by acting as a trusted independent provider, enabling buyers, sellers and advisers to focus on completing the transaction.

Contact our M&A specialists

Whether you're acquiring a business, managing a cross-border transaction or coordinating shareholder payments, CSC provides the independent expertise and transaction support to help your deal reach a successful close.

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