Litigation & Business Valuation
At the head of this team is a nationally recognized expert who has served as chair of both technical subcommittees of the AICPA. Specialists with decades of experience are available to analyze and quantify damages, ascertain the value of a business or intellectual property, or establish a transaction price.
Carefully and selectively, our specialists move to develop a powerful and convincing damage or valuation model. In crafting the model, we step beyond the numbers to examine the whole picture and to capture the driving issues of the matter. In this way, we are able to arrive at insightful and frequently new and challenging perspectives. This innovative approach allows us to consider several alternative scenarios before selecting the most appropriate.
In litigation settings, this same rigorous attention proves invaluable when assisting in challenging an opponent’s credibility or exposing weaknesses in an adversary’s position. With a seasoned understanding of court procedure and the subtleties of cross-examination, we provide formidable expert testimony. Berdon specialists also serve as arbitrators in business and shareholder disputes.
In transaction matters, skilled analysts consider market trends, history, economic conditions, as well as unique or obscure points in establishing a value. We bring this expertise to bear in setting an appropriate value for the sale of a business, evaluating candidates for mergers or acquisitions, and in a multitude of other situations.