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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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Enterprise value generally reflects the value of the underlying business operations across the capital structure, while equity value represents the value attributable to equity holders. Moving between the two may require adjustments for debt, cash, debt-like obligations, nonoperating assets, or other items depending on the valuation methodology and facts. A Business Valuation Expert Witness should identify the level of value being calculated so that competing valuation conclusions can be compared on a consistent basis.
Common business valuation approaches include the income approach, market approach, and asset-based approach. The appropriate method depends on the business, ownership interest, available information, valuation purpose, applicable standard of value, and other relevant facts. A Business Valuation Expert Witness may consider more than one approach and reconcile the resulting indications rather than assuming that a single methodology applies to every company or valuation assignment.
A shareholder dispute may require valuation of an entire company or a particular ownership interest. A Business Valuation Expert Witness may examine financial statements, capitalization records, shareholder agreements, transaction histories, forecasts, distributions, comparable-company information, and prior valuation reports to establish the relevant ownership and financial context. Control, marketability, and other characteristics of the ownership interest may also affect the analysis depending on the applicable valuation standard and assignment.
Historical financial statements may contain unusual, nonrecurring, owner-specific, or other items that require analysis before being incorporated into a valuation model. Adjustments can affect normalized earnings, cash flow, margins, and forecasts, which may in turn influence valuation multiples or income-based calculations. A Business Valuation Expert Witness may examine and document the basis for material adjustments rather than assuming reported historical results necessarily represent ongoing economic performance.
Biotechnology, +4
Biotechnology
Data Science, +4
Finance
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
Business process automation is generally a separate area involving the use of technology or software to automate organizational workflows and processes. A Business Valuation Expert Witness may consider the financial effects of automation when they influence forecasts, costs, margins, capital requirements, or business risk. When the central dispute concerns the design, implementation, or technical performance of the automation system itself, a technology or operations expert witness may provide more specialized analysis.
Economic Damages, +4
Education
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), +4
Finance