Business Disputes
Business dispute valuation and damages from a forensic accountant
What did the dispute really cost, and can you prove it?
Partners fall out. Contracts break. Competitors cross lines. We quantify the damage and reconstruct the records so counsel can make the case.
Who calls us
Business litigation attorneys, owners, partners
Litigators call us to build or challenge a damages claim. Owners call us when a partner or manager is not telling the truth.
Business & Partner Dispute Financial Services
Lost profits damages
Commercial litigation damages
When owners, partners or companies disagree, the numbers decide the outcome. Answer the questions below to see how forensic accounting can help.
Start hereYou are a business owner, partner, shareholder or attorney in a commercial or ownership dispute. Answer each question; most disputes involve more than one.
- 1
Do owners or partners disagree about what the business, or an ownership interest, is worth?
YesDispute Valuation
Fair market value or fair value under the buy-sell agreement or statute, including buyouts, oppression and dissenting owner matters.
No, or next - 2
Has a partner or insider taken more than their share through draws, expenses or related-party deals?
YesOwner Activity Investigation
Distributions, personal expenses, related-party transactions and capital account reconstruction.
No, or next - 3
Has the business lost revenue or profits because of someone else's actions?
YesLost Profits & Damages
But-for analysis of lost profits, the damages period, mitigation and present value.
No, or next - 4
Is there a breach of contract, a non-compete violation or diverted customers?
YesContract & Competition Damages
Quantifying diverted sales, unjust enrichment and other damage measures counsel asserts.
No, or next - 5
Are the books incomplete, unreliable or controlled by the other side?
YesRecords Reconstruction
Rebuilding the books from bank and third-party records, and accounting for the partnership or company under its operating agreement.
No to all?Even before a dispute, an independent review of the operating agreement's financial terms, buy-sell formula and owner draws can prevent one. Every path then leads to resolution →
Then: how will the dispute be resolved?
Our role adapts to the path the dispute takes.
If negotiating or mediating
We work as a consulting expert, modeling buyout and settlement scenarios and testing the other side's numbers.
If in arbitration
We prepare expert reports and testimony tailored to the arbitration panel's schedule and rules.
If headed to court
We serve as a testifying expert, preparing a clear, well-supported report, rebutting the other side's expert, and testifying at deposition and trial.
Every path starts the same way
A conversation with you or your attorney, our Business Valuation Questionnaire and a tailored document checklist, all shared through our secure client portal.
Shareholder dispute valuation: what you receive
- A damages model with assumptions disclosed
- A report written for a judge, jury or mediator
- Rebuttal analysis of the other side's expert
- Testimony and trial support
Let's settle it with the numbers.
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