by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, Valuations
In today’s complex business world, shareholder disputes can be quite common. These disputes can be divisive, long-lasting and expensive, and can arise in almost any privately owned business. Some of the more common types of lawsuits that may be filed against...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Marcus v. Quattrocchi, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19041 (Feb. 4, 2014) In an estate and trust case featuring a major real estate family, the plaintiff beneficiaries retained two experts to prove damages resulting from the alleged improper depletion of trust assets by way...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Valuations
Without the right information, answers can hard to figure out. In one case, the expert could not figure out why the company he was valuing kept on manufacturing and selling creosoted railroad ties, even though that division of the business had not been profitable for...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Accounting Standards, Valuations
Most small business owners and attorneys know the basics of the business valuation process. They probably know that there are three approaches to value: the cost, market and income approaches. One thing attorneys and small business owners also understand is that the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Valuations
Hanusin v. Hanusin, 2013 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2618 (Nov. 20, 2013) What’s more relevant and reliable in terms of valuing an interest in a closely held corporation: a 2004 stock purchase agreement or a 2012 settlement four owners of the company made with a fifth...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Valuations
When a business is going through litigation, the job of a valuation expert is to provide an independent opinion as to the value of the business interest involved. The other party will also offer their idea of the business’ value, and often the two numbers are very far...
