Business Escrow Services
Full-Service Escrow Solutions Backed by Experience
The Business Escrow Services Group within Western Alliance Bank, 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.
End-to-End Escrow and Digital Payments Solutions From Industry Experts
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.
Merger and Acquisition Services
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.
- Fully digital process: Eliminate pre-closing printing and mailing of paper-based documents with easy, secure document signing via DocuSign — anytime, anywhere.
- Streamlined third-party consents: Quickly and conveniently obtain, tally, report and download executed documents such as a stockholder consent to keep your transaction on track.
- Robust tax reporting: Outsource all elements of tax reporting required in connection with your M&A transactions.
- Single source for M&A services: We can serve in various roles including escrow agent, disbursing agent, paying agent or solicitation agent.
- Secure online portal: Western Alliance Bank's Gateway, our industry-leading online payments platform, facilitates document collection in any spreadsheet format, with intuitive technology to enable accurate and timely disbursements.
- Robust international payment capabilities: When you need to conduct international transactions, we can craft a plan to suit your needs, with full foreign exchange (FX) service.1
Escrow Services
You can call on us for any business escrow service that you require — including M&A escrows, project financing or other business-related escrows.
- Accelerated onboarding: We require Know Your Customer (KYC) information only from the depositing entity. Accounts can be opened in one business day, and funding can take place immediately thereafter.
- Single-wire funding: Fund any one account, and your team will manage the flow of funds. We can aggregate your transaction against escrow funds, security holders and transaction expenses.
- Enhanced yield opportunity: While your escrow funds are on deposit for weeks, months or longer, you deserve to earn a healthy yield. We endeavor to offer the best yield in the market to qualifying escrow accounts.
- Easy paper: We review and turn most transaction agreements within 24 hours and are known for using a logical approach to contract negotiation vs. a one-size-fits-all risk umbrella.
- FX capabilities: Need to fund your transaction in an alternative currency? No problem. We offer a competitive foreign exchange offering to convert escrow cash to U.S. dollars.
Key Points
You will benefit from our:
- Dedicated team focused solely on M&A and business escrow services.
- Customizable escrow agreements; we tailor our capabilities to your transaction’s unique circumstances.
- Competitive deposit options and fee structures.
- Online statements and robust reporting.
- Deep experience executing high-value, complex transactions across the globe.
- Reliable and efficient payment solutions.
Our Business Escrow Services Team
When you work with our Business Escrow Services team, 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.
About Us
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Our team of leading professionals has significant industry experience with a presence from coast to coast. As a specialized, trusted resource for strategic buyers, leading law firms, exiting companies and other deal constituents, our in-depth experience combines with expert, personalized service and innovative escrow and payment solutions to meet the needs of clients nationwide.
55 Almaden Boulevard
Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95113
United States
1. Fees may apply. Refer to the disclosures provided at account opening and the Schedule of Fees and Charges for additional information.