ESOP and ERISA Advisory
Kroll's Corporate Finance ESOP/ERISA practice is a leading corporate finance and valuation advisor to companies and ERISA fiduciaries. Duff & Phelps acquired Kroll in 2018 and unified under the Kroll brand in 2020.
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With completing over 1000 assignments, we are the firm of choice for structuring, raising financing, fairness opinions, and valuing stock in employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) transactions and nonpublic assets, including employer securities held by ESOPs and ERISA pension plans. A pioneer in ESOP planning and transaction execution, we guide principals, companies and fiduciaries through the complex financial and valuation implications of the financial, regulatory and tax aspects of these transactions.
ESOP Advisory
- Fairness opinions
- Valuations
- Initial ESOP transaction execution, feasibility, design, and structuring
- Arranging the financing in leveraged ESOP transactions
- Representing ESOP-owned companies for sale, or assisting an ESOP-owned company making an acquisition
ERISA Advisory
- Valuations related to the sale, purchase, or contribution of stock to ERISA plans
- Valuation of illiquid assets, such as limited partnership interests or real estate, held in ERISA plans
- Advising ERISA fiduciaries in transactions
- Fairness and valuation opinions related to transactions by ERISA plans in illiquid assets
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