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When Litigation Needs a Business Valuation Expert

A business valuation expert may be needed when a dispute turns on enterprise value, ownership interests, buyouts, damages, or valuation methodology - especially when normalization and discount issues dominate the record.

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Category · Business Disputes

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Common litigation settings

Valuation issues arise in shareholder disputes, divorce, estate and trust litigation, buyouts, dissolution matters, and damages disputes involving business value.

Each setting imposes different legal standards of value and different evidentiary constraints; the valuation narrative must align with the governing framework.

Valuation methods

Common approaches include income, market, and asset-based methods. The right method depends on the business, available records, standard of value, and legal context.

Litigation valuation frequently disputes normalization adjustments, owner compensation, discounts for lack of marketability and control, and the reliability of projections.

Disputed assumptions

Litigation valuation may involve normalization adjustments, owner compensation, discounts, premiums, valuation dates, projections, and critique of opposing expert assumptions.

A strong valuation expert can explain not only what was chosen, but what alternatives were considered and why they were less consistent with the record.

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