Purchase price dispute advisory assists attorneys in deciphering damage claims for deals that have unfortunately "blown-up".

NAV’s experts provide key economic and valuation analysis for the myriad of financial and accounting issues involved in these processes.

Our competitors in this area are usually pure forensic consultants who have never executed a single transaction. In this area of litigation support, a lack of deal experience is flat-out dangerous. 

Our multidisciplinary expertise in M&A, valuation, and forensic accounting yields a seasoned background for objectively analyzing deal value erosion and deciphering whether loss occurred from possible fraud or just sheer lack of transactional due-diligence. This experience is both efficient and highly-effective in weighing the merits of purchase price damage claims. 

How We Assist Clients

Sample purchase price dispute services entail:

• Assessment of damage probabilities 
• Research into M&A transactions within the applicable time period and industry
• In-depth research and financial modelling of business conditions driven by our valuation expertise across virtually every industry
• Financial modelling of pre-acquisition and post-acquisition business value
• Formal valuation reports for internal use or submission to disputing parties
• Rebuttal of competing expert reports
• Deposition testimony

In addition, forensic accounting procedures encompass tracing, vouching, record reconciliation, and e-Discovery.

We advise clients in all stages of procedure, and we take pride in our effective and concise communication to all parties within the action. This dialogue helps establish our credibility throughout the various stages of litigation.

How We Are Transparent

We perform our services on a flat-fee or hourly basis with leading attorneys, alternative investment funds, CFOs, CPAs, and other C-suite corporate executives. We strongly feel engagement scope and fee ranges should be communicated effectively and efficiently.

We accordingly serve clients in stages, and we encourage clients to take a methodical, calculated approach to deciding which professional offerings are necessary or optional. 

Our first service stage is dubbed the NAV Situation Scan (TM). The Situation Scan helps both our clients and our teams diagnose the services necessary for fulfilment of client objectives. We then communicate the results of the Situation Scan to derive a suggested road-map. The NAV team next proposes a time frame for delivery of service milestones. We are inherently flexible, and our Situation Scans outline a proposed plan of action and not a mandatory obligation. We have found clients cherish this "ramp-up or ramp-down" flexibility that can be implemented at any time.