Luke Van Horn
Mr. Van Horn is responsible for business development for VRC in the Rocky Mountain region. With over a decade of experience executing and leading valuation…
Private Equity Firms Embracing External Valuation Specialists
PE firms are turning to VRC to bring a new level of transparency and defensibility to their valuation processes.
Evan Lewis
Mr. Lewis has extensive experience providing valuation services to private equity firms and privately held companies. He specializes in fairness and solvency opinions, complex security…
Rucker and Expert Panelists Dig In To Rapidly Growing $72 Billion GP-Led Secondaries Market
After a modest slowdown in late 2022/early 2023, GP-led secondaries market is picking back up.
Continuation Funds: Valuation and Fairness Opinion Considerations
A review of the continuation fund market and a growing consensus that fairness opinions are necessary best practice for the health of the market. Plus, the SEC may be requiring them soon.
How Fairness Opinions Help Private Equity Sponsors Head Off Family Feuds
Related-party transactions between PE funds and their portfolio companies are fraught with the potential to create issues between limited partners. Fairness opinions can forestall such conflicts.
Why Get a Fairness Opinion?
Fairness opinions have a critical role in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions, yet sometimes public and private companies might overlook the importance.
Top 7 Questions About Fairness Opinions
VRC’s Opinion Practice Group experts answer the top questions asked about fairness opinions for financial transactions.
Three Reasons Your Organization Needs a Fairness Opinion
If your organization is considering a merger, acquisition, or disposition, the time is now to seek out the services of an independent, third-party opinion provider.
Fairness Opinions: How to Avoid Conflicts of Interest When Seeking a Provider
Fairness opinions provide substantial benefits – if the opinion process is performed correctly.
Ryan Ghose
Mr. Ghose specializes in solvency and fairness opinions. Mr. Ghose has helped provide opinions in multiple industries such as retail, technology, software, healthcare, mining, restaurants,…
Receiving Dependable Fairness Opinions
Boards of directors can improve the likelihood of receiving a more defendable fairness opinion by making specific inquiries of their opinion provider.
The Only Legal Requirement for Fairness Opinions
California Corporations Code Section 1203 requires an affirmative fairness opinion to provide target shareholders with greater protection in takeover transactions.
Chris Mellen
Mr. Mellen has over 30 years of experience across a wide range of industries providing valuation services in support of tax planning and compliance, strategic…
Christopher Krapfl
Mr. Krapfl specializes in valuations of capital stock, business enterprises, and intangible-assets for financial reporting and tax purposes. In addition, he is involved in developing…
Fairness Opinions
An objective expert opinion & analysis that supports the financial fairness of a transaction
Why Private Companies Should Look Into Valuations
Why should a private company board consider a valuation of the company?
Independence Critical When Selecting Opinion Provider
The independence of a fairness or solvency opinion provider is a critical issue that will not be overlooked by regulators or minority shareholders.
Telecommunication
We were retained by a leading provider of wireless messaging and information services to provide various valuation services for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.