Brian Bergfeld, Partner

Brian is a Partner in MERU’s Financial Due Diligence practice, bringing nearly 20 years of experience across a range of industries, with a particular focus in healthcare and business services. He specializes in building robust, scalable diligence frameworks for verticals with unique transaction risks, which he has proven across more than 800 transactions.

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Size of Company
Industry
Role and Impact
$250M
Clinical Trials

Advised sponsors on single- and multi-site clinical trials investments, developing innovative approaches to revenue-recognition risk and common data limitations in the sector.

$800M
Orthodontics

Built a proprietary revenue-recognition model that became the standard multiple sponsors rely on to underwrite dozens of orthodontic practice acquisitions.

$500M
PT/OT

Directed diligence across multiple physical and occupational therapy platforms, building a tailored risk approach and an integrated suite of performance metrics spanning billing, payroll, and financial systems that armed sponsors with a unified view across practices.

$700M
General Dentistry

Oversaw development of a revenue-recognition and provider-compensation framework for general dentistry platforms, delivering sponsors clear visibility into billing-related risk alongside strategic insight on patient retention, reimbursement trends, and provider productivity.

$1B+
Animal Health

Led an extended diligence program for one of the industry’s most acquisitive veterinary platform sponsors, spanning hundreds of practice acquisitions.

$600M
TPA

Directed the analytical framework used to evaluate revenue-recognition exposure for retirement plan administrators, advising sponsors on revenue-share arrangements, multi-year restatements, and deferred fee recognition.

$350M
Residential Services

Led diligence on numerous residential services platforms, equipping sponsors to evaluate customer retention, acquisition cost, profitability by service line, and technician-level performance benchmarks.

$350M
Logistics

Spearheaded development of a detailed analytical system to evaluate revenue timing risk in logistics operations, spanning revenue and expense waterfalls, load-level benchmarking, and standard data-validation procedures to address common reporting gaps in the sector.

$400M
Project-Based Services

Advised sponsors evaluating large, project-based services targets on percentage-of-completion accounting and associated accounting risks and complexities.

Acknowledgements

Certified Public Accountant, Registered in the State of Illinois

Brian Bergfeld
Partner
Nashville