Corporate Valuation

November 20, 2017

What Every Estate Planner Should Know About Buy-Sell Agreements

Unless your client has had their buy-sell agreement reviewed from a valuation perspective, they don’t know what it says. This comes as a surprise to many – an often unpleasant surprise as too many find themselves caught up in unexpected and costly legal wrangles or personal turmoil.

Originally presented by Z. Christopher Mercer, FASA, CFA, ABAR at the 2017 Southern Federal Tax Institute, this session provides you with information from a valuation perspective that will help ensure that your clients’ buy-sell, shareholder, or joint venture agreement results in a reasonable resolution and is not a ticking time bomb set to explode upon a triggering event. In other words, you will leave this session understanding how your clients’ buy-sell agreement will work - before a trigger event occurs.

 

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WEBINAR: Buy-Sell Agreements: Designing Valuation Processes
WEBINAR REPLAY: Buy-Sell Agreements: Designing Valuation Processes
The program examines the purpose of buy-sell agreements, key valuation provisions, formula-based and appraisal-based pricing methods, and alternative appraiser structures. It also addresses practical considerations for implementing and updating the valuation process, including timing, costs, funding terms, and appraiser continuity.

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