- Business Valuations Services

- BUSINESS VALUATIONS ARE A NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE SERVICE IN MANY SITUATIONS AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TYPE OF ENGAGEMENTS:

• Buy and Sell Agreements
• Bankruptcy and Foreclosure
• Financing Agreements
• Franchise Valuation or Evaluation
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Sale of a Business
• Succession Planning or Liquidation (Estate)
• Disruption of a Business
• Dissenting Shareholders Actions
• Divorce
• Economic Loss Analysis
• Partner Disputes
• Wrongful Death

Puerto Rico 1995 Corporate Law, article 10.12 (e) authorizes a corporation or any stockholder with Appraisal Right, in a merge situation, to present in court an application for the determination of the stocks value.

- Litigation Support Services

• Assisting with case strategy, developing interrogatories, deposition questions, court examination and cross-examination inquires regarding financial matters, and preparing requests for the production of documents possessed by the opposing party.
• Providing expert witness testimony at depositions and trial in support of the work performed and the conclusions reached.
• Reviewing lists of assets, liabilities, income and expenses prepared by the opposing party and, if deemed necessary, subjecting the lists to certain investigative procedures to determine their completeness and accuracy.

- Expert's Certification is strongly desirable for court qualifications.

The Certification of Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) are elite accreditations for CPA's who for many reasons, are uniquely qualified to provide Business Valuation Services. As a general rule, CPA's, through extensive training combined with experience in auditing, tax, accounting and financial analysis, have the necessary background for dealing with the complexities involved in providing Business Valuations.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) offers many benefits to the members and the business community very important for us CPA's, such as:

• Information, consulting and research services available 

To become Certified by the AICPA and NACVA, the candidate is required to successfully complete a rigorous training and a test. A preemptive requirement to becoming a CVA is that the applicant be a CPA registered in their state and a member of the AICPA. Implicit in this requirement is that the CVA and the ABV maintains at least a minimum number of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) each year and each three years a Quality Enhancement, Certificate of Compliance must be attained. For the ABV recertification proof of valuations reports is required. 

- SERVICES TO DIVORCE ENGAGEMENT

• Preparing a schedule of assets, liabilities and net worth. Valuation of Closely held Business.
• Preparing a propose property settlement schedule for use during property settlement negotiations.
• Performing investigative procedures to determine if the opposing party has hidden assets that has been systematically diverted from their normally flow into or out of a business in anticipation of divorce.
• As Special Commissioner prepare the liquidation of the community property.

- SERVICES TO A DAMAGES ENGAGEMENT INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS

• Preparing an analysis of the possible loss of earnings that the individual may have suffered in connection with the alleged injury.
• Preparing an analysis if the possible loss of earnings that the Descendant's Estate may have suffered in connection with the death of the individual.
• Preparing an analysis of the loss of earnings the individual may have suffered in connection with the alleged wrongful termination from his (her) employment.

- SERVICES TO A LOST PROFITS ENGAGEMENT INVOLVING A CLOSELY HELD BUSINESS

• Preparing an analysis of the possible loss of profit that the plaintiff may have suffered in connection with a breach of contract or other action allegedly committed by the opposing party.
• Preparing a critique analysis of the opposing party's expert and assisting the attorney in developing a case strategy.

- Alternate Dispute Resolution Services (Metodos alternos de Solución de Conflictos)

• Mediation (Mediación) 
• Neutral Evaluation (Evaluación neutral)
• Arbitration (Arbitraje)

- BUSINESS FRAUD INVESTIGATION & DETERRENCE SERVICES

Performing an investigation regarding potential irregularities and/ or errors in the accounting system. The purpose of the investigation is to provide information that will assist in the following:

• Determining whether there is evidence that fraud may have occurred.
• Identifying the potential perpetrator or perpetrators.
• Quantifying the potential loss from any detected fraud.

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