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Business Valuation Disputes Explained

Valuation disputes are fights about narratives disguised as fights about multiples. The expert’s job is to show - through records - why a particular normalization, risk adjustment, or projection horizon is more faithful to the company’s economic reality.

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business valuation disputes

Category · Business Valuation

Pillar / SEO12 min read

Semantic keywords

  • valuation litigation
  • disputed business value

Approaches and where disputes concentrate

Income approaches concentrate disputes on projections, discount rates, and normalization. Market approaches concentrate disputes on comparability and adjustment factors. Asset approaches concentrate disputes on balance sheet completeness and obsolescence.

Most litigation matters hinge on a small set of contested inputs; sensitivity tables clarify leverage points for mediation.

Expert testimony and dueling appraisers

Valuation trials often feature dueling appraisers with divergent assumptions. Effective rebuttal isolates which assumptions are unsupported by the record and shows the quantitative impact of corrections.

Counsel should coordinate valuation testimony with damages theories to avoid double counting.

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