Business Valuations

Hazlewoods offer robust partner lead business valuation advice, supported by informed, expert judgment and analysis.

Our team, which is led by a Senior Corporate Tax Partner, who is a Recognised Expert in the area of Share and Business Valuations, undertakes a wide-range of valuation assignments, including:

  • Transactions:  Mergers and Acquisitions. Joint ventures.  Business disposals.  Regulatory requirements (e.g. capital markets). Reorganisations.  Turnarounds and recapitalisation.
  • Tax purposes: The team have considerable experience of introducing Share Schemes for employees, including Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) Schemes, Share Incentive Plans (SIPs), Discretionary Share Option Plans, etc. Most of these arrangements involve negotiating share values with H M Revenue & Customs. Through the years some of the arrangements introduced for clients have won Annual Proshare Awards.
  • Financial statements: Purchase price allocations.  Impairment reviews. FRS20 Valuations.
  • Litigation support: The head of the Valuations Team has acted as an Expert Valuer in a large number of cases, including Matrimonial Settlements and Shareholder Disputes. Our work in this area has involved giving evidence in Court.
  • Presidential Appointments:  The head of the valuations team is on the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales list of recognised Expert Valuers for Presidential Appointments (which occur when two parties cannot agree on an independent expert).

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