Valuation & Litigation Support

Delivering Value by Clarifying Complex Issues

The need for business valuation or litigation support can be due to an upcoming, and often dramatic, change about to impact an organization. Whatever the reason, our expert professionals will help with your critical appraisal or litigation support and provide valuable advice going forward. DS&B consultants work with our clients to educate and inform about options or opportunities. We guide by outlining the best course of action so that timely decisions are made and strategies can be executed confidently.

Business Valuation

Valuing a business is an extremely important undertaking. This is because a company has reached a transition phase and a key decision is about to be made. Having an experienced professional value your business is equally important.

As valuation specialists, our dedicated team members are more than CPAs. DS&B consultants and advisors work with you to ensure that every detail is understood and properly reflected in the valuation. Our leadership team has the credentials to match your situation: such as, Certified Valuation Analysts (CVA) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV). In other words, highly-trained professionals and business valuation experts to help you plan, resolve, and prosper during these decisive times:

• Valuation of entire businesses, joint-ventures, divestures or spin-offs
• Gift and estate tax planning, compliance
• Shareholder planning/ buy-sell agreements
• Corporate restructuring/ business restructuring
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan valuation (ESOP)
• Regulatory issues
• Mergers and Acquisition pricing analysis/ allocation of purchase price to assets
• Insurance matters
• Damages and lost Profits
• Charitable contributions
• Information analysis
• Complex accounting and tax Issues

Litigation Support

DS&B specialists have the experience necessary to help you navigate important litigation issues. Our highly trained professionals can provide advice on financial analysis of shareholder disputes, divorce, damages calculations or other litigation support areas. We offer an independent opinion, consult on important decisions, supply strategic planning for your case, and work with attorneys to provide valuation services or expert witness testimony.

As a trusted partner, DS&B specialists serve client needs in the following areas:

• Litigation support and shareholder disputes
• Expert witness testimony
• Litigation assistance in marriage dissolution, report critiques, compensatory damages.
• Contract disputes
• Case Strategy
• Forensic accounting
• Fidelity claims