Valuation Expert Witnesses
Valuation drives the outcome of a wide range of commercial disputes, because nearly every claim for lost value, every contested transaction, and every regulatory or tax challenge eventually requires a number grounded in defensible methodology. Shareholders litigate appraisal and dissenters' rights claims after mergers and going-private transactions, buyers and sellers contest purchase-price adjustments and earnouts, and creditors and trustees challenge solvency and fraudulent conveyance positions in bankruptcy. Multinational companies defend transfer pricing assessments, property owners and government agencies contest eminent domain and tax valuations, and investors dispute the marks on mortgage-backed securities, derivatives, and private investments. Each matter turns on whether a value was determined using appropriate approaches, supportable inputs, and information known or knowable at the relevant date.
A valuation expert builds or tests that conclusion by applying income, market, and asset-based approaches suited to the asset and purpose, and by scrutinizing projections, discount rates, comparable companies and transactions, and adjustments for control and marketability. In securities and structured finance matters, the expert models cash flows, credit risk, and market conditions; in real estate and eminent domain matters, the expert evaluates highest and best use, comparable sales, and income capitalization. The analysis also separates value changes caused by the challenged conduct from those driven by market movements or company-specific developments unrelated to the claim. Those findings determine damages and appraisal outcomes, shape settlement positions, and give counsel a disciplined framework for exposing an opposing valuation built on stale data, unsupported projections, or inappropriate comparables.
Valuation spans business enterprises, securities and derivatives, intellectual property, real estate, and specialized assets, so the right expert is one whose credentials and experience align with the asset and the forum. The professionals we present include a transfer pricing economist who served as lead expert for the IRS in the largest transfer pricing case in history and has testified 25 times, an investment banker who has testified 50 times on mergers, bankruptcy sale processes, chapter 11 valuation, and solvency, and a corporate finance specialist recognized with the Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award of the National Association for Business Economics. Our network also includes real estate appraisers who have testified as many as 99 times on condemnation and eminent domain, a residential mortgage-backed securities analyst with more than a decade at Moody's and S&P, financial engineers specializing in derivatives and mortgage securities, and intellectual property damages economists. With more than 75,000 expert searches for litigators completed, Round Table Group can help you find the valuation expert your matter requires. Tell us about your case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.