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October 13, 2026
A GAAP conversion costs between USD 13,800 and EUR 60,000 or more on a fixed fee, depending on how many entities and GAAP frameworks are in scope, how many technical accounting memos the conversion needs and how well your finance team prepares. This post shows three anonymized conversions from signed contracts, what drove the price […]
Read more →October 12, 2026
This blog is written in collaboration with Branka Dessens from Atlantic M&A – she works with buyers on the business side of integration, and I work with the target’s finance team on the reporting side. We wrote an article together on where those two workstreams meet. The deal closes. The transaction team moves on. And […]
Read more →September 12, 2026
A US private equity fund that buys a European company needs that company reporting under US GAAP almost immediately. Lenders expect financial statements and compliance certificates on the dates set in the credit agreement, the auditors need an opening balance sheet they can test, and the deal team needs reliable numbers for its own portfolio […]
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