Professional Experience

Valuing companies or business assets is a most complex and often uncertain process, as the opinion of value frequently differs significantly from the value perceived by company management, a shareholder, option holder, creditor, litigant, or by regulatory agencies.  Courts are often asked to resolve the valuation question.  Accordingly, the use of careful and thorough appraisals by qualified experts has proven effective in substantiating values for shareholder, tax or litigation purposes.  We believe that The Financial Valuation Group is particularly well suited to assist you for the following reasons:

• Our professionals have focused upon assisting businesses in business planning, economic analysis and valuation-related matters for more than 18 years.  The appraisal of businesses and intangible assets is the central emphasis of our financial appraisers' work.
  
  
• Our professionals possess experience within a wide variety of industries including software and high tech companies, service companies, manufacturers, distribution companies, agricultural related companies, real estate holding companies, and banks.  This broad perspective enables them to value businesses which cannot be allocated to any particular category (e.g., conglomerates).
  
  
• Our professionals have extensive experience working with a variety of valuation issues such as mergers, acquisitions, litigation, management compensation programs, pension plans and estate taxes.
  
  
• The Financial Valuation Group professionals are active in trade and professional associations, ASA Business Valuation Committee, Valuation Sub-Committee of the American Bar Association, ESOP Association California Chapter Steering Committee, and American Institute of CPA Committees.
  
  
• Our professionals teach business valuation courses for the ASA worldwide.  In addition, they provide instruction for continuing education credit to CPAs, attorneys and other professionals on such issues as using valuation as part of the business consulting process.
  
  
• The Financial Valuation Group professionals have access to their proprietary Intellectual property and software company databases, current CD-ROM databases and on-line electronic databases as an active part of the valuation or consulting process.
  
  
• Our consulting or valuation reports will be rendered consistent with the requirements and regulations of the appropriate governmental agency, the appropriate country or countries, and the American Society of Appraisers.