Share valuation expert witnesses are often required for shareholder disputes or partnership disputes. Share valuations expert witnesses value shares in both private and public companies. Share valuations are also required for tax purposes, to demonstrate value to relevant tax authority such as HMRC. Commercial transactions also often require the valuation of shares, which experts in IP Expert Witness Directory’s database are able to do.
The role of the share valuation expert witness is to calculate the fair market value of the shares. This requires a consideration of the rights of the shares and the impact of this on the share value. A minority interest may have fewer rights than those of a controlling interest for example.
Share valuation expert witnesses employ a variety of techniques to value the shares, choosing the most appropriate approach for the circumstances. Some share valuation techniques include a consideration of future maintainable earnings, net assets, discounted cash flow analysis, dividend yield, ongoing profit earnings. Share valuation experts also look at comparables of value such as transactions and values of private and public companies.
Valuing shares usually requires valuing the whole business. This is especially true for shareholder and partnership disputes. For businesses driven by intellectual property such as contracts, trademarks, copyright or patents, net assets not only include the tangible assets and cash, but the intangible assets. It is often beneficial to value each intangible asset separately, with the total business value being the sum of the parts.
Share valuation experts in IP Expert Witness Directory’s register are experienced in valuing intellectual property. Experts include trademark valuation expert witnesses, copyright valuation expert witnesses and patent valuation expert witnesses.
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