Monday we welcome back to Grossman an accounting professional and expert, Holger Erchinger for our guest speaker series.

This guest speaker series presentation on “Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions” will provide an overview on various aspects related to structuring, reporting, accounting, and valuations of M&A transactions involving companies crossing borders of different jurisdictions. The presentation will include a discussion of public tender offers, private M&A deals, regulatory reporting aspects as well as accounting and auditing related implications, including acquisition accounting and integration of different accounting frameworks including key differences between US GAAP and IFRS.

Holger Erchinger is an Audit partner with KPMG LLP (KPMG) in New York and the Partner in Charge of the U.S. Germany Corridor within KPMG’s International Business Corridors. He is responsible for coordinating and supporting cross-functional inbound and outbound corridor revenue and business activities related to KPMG’s Audit, Advisory, and Tax service offerings.

Holger also serves as the IFRS topic team leader in KPMG’s national office. Holger has been with KPMG for 23 years working in various KPMG offices in the United States and in Germany providing audit and audit-related services related to capital market transactions including IPOs and debt offerings, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, IFRS accounting conversion and advisory services, and SEC filings and reporting.