BUSINESS VALUATION
We provide business valuation services in a variety of situations, including:
- Shareholder disputes
- Matrimonial disputes
- Oppression remedies under the Canadian Business Corporations Act
- Proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
- Succession planning
- Tax planning
- Corporate reorganizations
- Purchase-and-sale transactions
- Employee stock option plans
- Financing
Value, for most of us, is relative. We’ve all heard the saying that “something is only worth what someone will pay you for it.”
While this is true, in some cases a value needs to be determined in a notional context where an actual buyer and seller may not exist at a specific point in time, nor for the foreseeable future. In these cases, it is possible to examine assets, similar transactions, cash flow, and other elements to determine a notional value of an asset.
Notional valuation service is an important part of our practice. These engagements require the expertise to review the financial information available in the public markets, and specific to the company, in a notional context, to determine the value of a business.
If you are or represent a business owner, CFO or CEO, if you’re buying or selling a business, or are involved in a dispute over the value of a business, we can help you understand the value of the business, so you can make informed business and legal decisions.
Our approach to business valuation can be described in the following general terms:
- Meet with the client to understand the asset(s) to be valued and the context in which the valuation is being requested.
- Establish the scope and terms of the engagement.
- Evaluate alternative approaches to valuation.
- Prepare a preliminary list of required information.
- Meet with management of the company to understand operational and financial aspects of the business, historically, currently and forecast for the future.
- Review of comparable public companies.
- Review of recent transactions involving similar companies.
- Prepare valuation analysis and a report, if required.
- Attend at trial or other proceedings to communicate findings, if necessary.