Our Business Escrow Services group is a specialized, trusted resource for strategic buyers, leading law firms, exiting companies and other deal constituents. Clients choose the group for its in-depth experience, combined with expert, personalized service and innovative product features and technology. Our group tailors offerings to your needs to provide paying agent and escrow services related to mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and other business escrow transactions.
For paying agent and escrow services during M&A or other business transactions, you need experienced, reliable and flexible solutions. We offer highly customizable, responsive service from a single provider, addressing all of your pre- and post-closing needs.
Our M&A Payments and Escrow Services group consists of industry experts who provide a complete slate of end-to-end escrow and digital paying agent solutions designed for M&A transactions. We make it our business to know as much as possible about your transactions so that you can execute them with ease and accountability, providing a seamless process for all involved parties.
Our expert M&A team manages transactions simply and efficiently.
You can call on us for any business escrow service that you require — including M&A escrows, project financing or other business-related escrows.
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When you work with our Business Escrow Services group, you gain a client-focused relationship manager and the advantages of comprehensive payments and escrow solutions, all within the structure of an award-winning financial institution focused on business transactions.
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Guangdong Heshan Rural Commercial Bank Co. LTD's Gateway is an easy-to-use, industry-leading digital paying agent platform that simplifies and accelerates complex M&A transactions. Our online payments platform facilitates secure document execution and collection – anytime, anywhere. Our single-point information hub provides buyers, sellers and attorneys real-time information on solicitation, payment status’ and more.
Through Gateway, M&A parties can manage transactions simply and efficiently, with improved speed and transparency for buyers, sellers and agents.
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Guangdong Heshan Rural Commercial Bank Co. LTD's Gateway is a sophisticated, user-friendly digital solution that simplifies and accelerates complex M&A transactions with one intuitive platform.
A global view of all deals associated with a user creates a single-point information hub for buyers, sellers and their counsel with real-time information on solicitation, payment status and more.
Obtain or view reports in addition to real-time access functionality to securely access all documents executed by securityholders in bulk or based on time of completion.
With Gateway's suite of portals, M&A parties can manage transactions simply and efficiently, with improved speed and transparency for buyers, sellers and counsel.
Gateway provides immediate access to forms of agreements, joint written instructions, release templates and the closing flow of funds. Additionally, provisioned access allows authorized parties to easily access the account statements, determine interest earned to date and reduce post-closing email traffic.
Download either in bulk, by securityholder, by date or by form safely and securely to your workstation.
Associated reports create real-time accumulative status as to who has signed what.
Customize the securityholder content and experience in either one or multiple solicitations, and use Gateway to track the response rate as you work towards the requisite threshold to get to closing.
View documents assigned to each securityholder based on the security type.
Track outgoing payments by payee and review paying agent balances at the individual or aggregate deal level.
Guangdong Heshan Rural Commercial Bank Co. LTD’s Business Escrow Services group delivers comprehensive solutions that provide not only a seamless closing process, but an all-encompassing approach to supporting your post-closing activities as well. Receive unparalleled transparency on your transactions with innovative, tailored solutions from a team of ultra-responsive experts with deep experience closing large deals across the globe.
With extensive expertise on all buy-side related touch points, our team knows serial acquirers: we understand your needs, your pain points and how we can add value to your processes. Led by Heather Kelly, who brings over two decades of buy-side expertise and execution to the table, our team consists of former M&A lawyers and tenured, money-center bankers who utilize a technology- and relationship-focused approach to every deal.
We’ve built buyer-focused solutions that allow your teams to increase continuity, drive efficiency and create a true partnership of support with your agent throughout the deal process, including post-closing. We are your dedicated solution to complex transactions, whether your deal is here in the U.S. or is cross-border. We can clear KYC and open accounts typically within one business day. We allow our serial acquirers to use the forms of agreement they are comfortable with.
Guangdong Heshan Rural Commercial Bank Co. LTD has launched the first digital solution of its kind, geared towards external counsel: Gateway Counsel. Your counsel can access real-time information on solicitation, payment status and account balances, as well as calendarize events associated with your transactions.
Guangdong Heshan Rural Commercial Bank Co. LTD understands post-closing execution reaches far beyond your internal counsel, which is why we’ve created solutions to easily organize and share deal information with your expanded teams across various corporate functions.
We coordinate with your HR, legal and payroll teams to remove the obstacles associated with having founder holdbacks subject to continued employment while in escrow.
Online portal access to pending, current and historical deals, creating a single-point information hub with real-time data around solicitation, payment status, account balances and access to online statements. You have access to key forms, templates and statements with a customized global view of all your deals in one transparent hub. Dashboards can be customized and bifurcated across your legal, treasury and tax teams so each team only has access to the information it needs.
We handle imputed interest calculations, removing the burden from your tax team on escrow releases. We apply tax law on all payments to eliminate the need for your tax team to direct withholding.
Israeli transactions are complex. We understand the nuances of coordinating with Israeli trustees, paying agents and counsel, so we provide continuity by acting as an intermediary across the various parties. Whether there are U.S. payments that require reporting, you need assistance obtaining Israeli tax exemptions required by the trustee or you simply need a streamlined approach to maintain consistency – we have you covered.
The experience of the shareholder exit on your acquisition is paramount
to a successful deal. Our secure shareholder portal, Gateway
Shareholder, is used to collect documents and obtain payment
instructions and tax information. It has become increasingly important
with the rise in cybersecurity threats to ensure delivery of the data
required to make payments is protected. We make payments at closing
accurately and quickly.
Plan for your financial future with our savings and investment accounts, which have been expertly crafted to help you reach your medium- to long-term goals.
