General Business Valuation

Our Firm has specific experience valuing businesses for:

Example assignments include:

• We assisted a number of companies in determining their potential exposure to built-in gains taxation resulting from an S corporation election, including companies in the franchising, construction, plumbing, telecommunications and automotive industries.

• We prepared extensive written reports determining appropriate discounts applicable to gift and estate tax valuations of interests in limited partnerships and limited liability companies holding substantial investments in real property and marketable securities.

• We determined the potential values of engineering and other consulting businesses to be used in buy-sell negotiations for current and prospective owners.

Litigation Related Business Valuation

In many instances the valuation of a business enterprise is the basis for damage analysis in litigation.

Our broad experience in this area includes:

Example assignments include:

• We prepared analyses and testified as to the business value of a variety of companies, including a farm products company involved in a failed merger with a competitor and a local restaurant chain involved in an ownership dispute.

• We participated as joint appraisers in preparing valuation reports determining the fair value of various companies in litigation under California Corporations Code Section 2000, including a major real estate and timber holding company.

• We prepared analyses determining damages on behalf of several franchisees and other business owners involved in eminent domain litigation.