Advent Valuation Advisors offers focused, professional business valuations, intangible asset appraisals, and financial consulting services aimed at identifying, enhancing and protecting business value. Their professionals, including William Quackenbush, ASA, MCBA, ABAR, the managing director of the practice, have a wide range of experience resulting from many years of work in their fields, as theyll as professional training and certification. While located in the Mid-Atlantic region, with offices in the New York metro area, their valuation assignments have taken us throughout North America and Europe. Their services include:

Business Valuation: Advent Valuation Advisors specializes in the appraisal of closely-held companies, professional practices, asset holding company (FLP) interests, and intangible assets. They perform business valuations on a confidential basis for business owners and their professional advisors for a variety of purposes:

• Estate and Gift Tax - business appraisals of control and non-control equity interests of both operating and asset holding companies, FLPs and other fractional ownership interests.
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• Financial Reporting - valuations prepared for compliance with SFAS 141R (purchase price allocations, now referred to as FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations) and SFAS 142 (impairment of goodwill, now referred to as FASB ASC 350, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets) and intangible asset appraisals.
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• Transaction Support - consulting with buyers or sellers on valuation and value drivers.
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• Shareholder and Divorce Litigation - supporting counsel and their clients in the valuation of business interests, professional practices, goodwill, and enhanced earnings (licenses and degrees) calculations.
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Appraisal Review: Either as a result of time or money limitations, a client and/or his counsel is often unable to ascertain if a valuation report is accurate and supported. A few errors, omissions or intentional bias can result in a considerably erroneous conclusion of value, which can result in a miscalculation of hundreds of thousands of dollars.