Rosie Smith

Director, SPA Advisory team

KPMG in the UK

Rosie is a Director in the SPA Advisory team in the UK, with significant M&A transaction, advisory and audit experience. Rosie provides clients with both pre- and post-signing SPA support, for both buy-side and sell-side clients, across a broad range of sectors.

Prior to signing, Rosie provides clients with price structuring advice, drafting support and negotiation support, working to achieve robustly drafted agreements which protect deal value and reduce the risk of dispute.

After the SPA has been signed, Rosie continues to support clients through the completion accounts and/or earn-out process, providing insights into how to present or challenge the accounts, which comes from an in-depth understanding of the completion accounts and earn-out processes. In instances where disputes arise, Rosie provides tactical and negotiation support to clients, with the aim to achieve the best price under, what can be, strained environments.

Prior to joining the SPA Advisory team, Rosie spent six years in audit practice, managing a portfolio of clients across a broad spectrum of sectors.

  • MPhil in Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (University of Cambridge)

  • 1st Class BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences (University of East Anglia)

  • Member of ICAEW

  • CFA level I and II

  • Pre-deal SPA advice (including price structuring advice, SPA advice, locked box paper, vendor assist)

  • Completion accounts advice – both preparation and review Dispute advice

  • Negotiation advice and support