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  • Exit Planning Exchange
Exit Planning Exchange
Sep
01

XPX Northern California: Earnouts, Do They Pay Out? (Members Only)

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Date & Time

Tue, Sep 1st, 2026 ⋅ 4:30pm - 7:00pm (PDT)

Location

(Please note venue change in September) BPM LLP | One California Street | Suite 2500 | San Francisco, CA 94111

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Registration Open

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XPX Northern California Members
$0.00
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18 people are going
Adrian Bray of Stellar Business Consulting Inc. is a member of XPX Northern California
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Jay Jung of Embarc Advisors is a member of XPX Northern California
Jaco Grobbelaar of BroadVision Marketing is a member of XPX Northern California
TJ
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Join us for an interactive discussion about Earnouts in M&A Transactions: When they work, when they fail, and how advisors can help clients avoid common pitfalls.

Our Speakers:


Craig Hamm

Partner, Advisory
BPM Board of Directors
BPM

Craig leads BPM’s Transaction Advisory Group with a focus in financial due diligence and quality of earnings services. Craig directs multi-functional buy-side due diligence teams through acquisitions and provides sell-side advisory services to maximize value of companies being sold. Craig has served VC and PE firms as well as corporate clients ranging from start-up companies to Fortune 500 companies.

He has extensive experience with PE and VC investors as well as advising privately held middle market companies throughout their business life cycle regarding technical accounting and financial reporting issues, merger and acquisition advisory services, and professional assistance with post-merger integrations.


Richard McDerby

Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Rich McDerby is a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and leads the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, venture capital finance, strategic transactions and general corporate representation.

Rich enjoys working alongside business owners and senior managers to develop growth and transaction strategies, providing practical business advice to his clients. He also guides innovators, inventors and founders at all stages of their startup cycle, from formation and funding to growth and strategic sale, with a focus on new and emerging technologies.


Noah Metz

Tax Partner
Shartsis Friese

Noah Metz works with clients to solve complex tax problems and find creative solutions so that business transactions can run smoothly and efficiently. Noah began his legal career at two of the country’s most sophisticated law firms where he developed deep technical expertise in transactional tax matters. Today, he applies that experience to help his clients structure and complete mergers and acquisitions, private equity and hedge fund investments, entity formation and restructuring, and emerging growth transactions.


Al Statz

President & M&A Advisor
Exit Strategies Group, Inc.

Al Statz is president and founder of Exit Strategies Group, a lower middle market M&A advisory and business valuation firm. Founded in 2002, the firm specializes in helping lower middle market company owners optimize their results in a structured sale or recapitalization process. Al has advised on or participated in well over a hundred successful M&A transactions since the 1990s. He has engineering and business degrees and is accredited in M&A (M&AMI) and business valuation (ASA).


Agenda:

4:30 - 5:00 Networking
5:00 - 6:45 Panel and Table Discussions
6:45 - 7:00 Wrap up and Close

Registration Fees:

XPX Northern California Members: $0. There will be drinks and light hors d’oeuvres.

There is no charge for this event but registration is required for catering planning and building access.

This is a Members Only event.  If you are new to XPX and would like to be our guest please contact Adrian Bray: abray@consultstellar.com +1-415-690-9713

Please apply to become a member at:

https://my.exitplanningexchange.com/application/northern-california



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Adrian Bray of Stellar Business Consulting Inc. is a member of XPX Northern California
Adrian Bray
Stellar Business Consulting Inc.
LR
Lorena Roman
Jay Jung of Embarc Advisors is a member of XPX Northern California
Jay Jung
Embarc Advisors
Jaco Grobbelaar of BroadVision Marketing is a member of XPX Northern California
Jaco Grobbelaar
BroadVision Marketing
TJ
Tiffany Jones
Folsom Jackson LLP
Kelly Ackel Crug of Andersen is a member of XPX Northern California
Kelly Ackel Crug
Andersen
DO
David Ogburn
BNY
Richard McDerby of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP is a member of XPX Northern California
Richard McDerby
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
BL
Brendan Lund
Lathrop GPM
Marie Askew of Live Oak Bank is a member of XPX Northern California
Marie Askew
Live Oak Bank
CM
Craig Martin
Pawlawski Martin Leadership
Bill Loew of Miles Consulting Group, Inc. is a member of XPX Northern California
Bill Loew
Miles Consulting Group, Inc.
Todd Wellnitz of Wellguard Insurance & Financial is a member of XPX Northern California
Todd Wellnitz
Wellguard Insurance & Financial
LouAnn Conner of SagaciousThink is a member of XPX Northern California
Louann Conner
SagaciousThink
Al Statz of Exit Strategies Group, Inc. is a member of XPX Northern California
Al Statz
Exit Strategies Group, Inc.
CH
Craig Hamm
BPM
NM
Noah Metz
Trevor Gilmore of The Menke Group is a member of XPX Northern California
Trevor Gilmore
The Menke Group