Business Valuation in Divorce - What Every Attorney Needs to Know

This webinar will cover business valuation in divorce, including general valuation concepts, documents to review, valuation approaches, goodwill, common discounts, and conclusion of value versus a calculation of value report.

What we will cover 

• General Valuation Concepts
• Documents to Review 
• Valuation Approaches 
• Goodwill: Personal & Professional 
• Discounts for Minority and Marketability 
• Summary of Value 
• Calculation of Value vs Conclusion of Value 
• Case Study – Calculation of Value Report 

Speaker Details

Denise French

CVA, MAFF, CDFA, CRPC, Mediator

Divorce Strategies Group, LLC

Denise is the Managing Director of Divorce Strategies Group, LLC. She has 25 years of professional financial experience and dedicates most of her time toward Family Law matters. She is a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF), a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA), and holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) designation. In addition, Denise is an Investment Advisor Representative and a Collaborative Law Financial Expert. Denise is also a Credentialed Advanced Mediator under the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association and partner with D&D Mediation Services.

Denise has provided financial expertise on hundreds of cases throughout Montgomery County, Harris County, Fort Bend County, Galveston County, Hays County and Travis County. She provides forensic accounting, business valuation expertise and financial advisory services for family law attorneys. She also provides financial guidance through document gathering with clients, reviewing, and analyzing discovery, creating financial inventories, assisting with complex estate matters, and providing clients with post-divorce transition assistance. Lastly, Denise works as a financial mediator with an attorney mediator helping clients, where appropriate, divorce without
a long, litigated battle.