Valuations may be about numbers, but number crunching is just part of the equation. The real challenge is bringing together business, legal and technical knowledge to arrive at a valuation that all parties agree is fair.

Whatever you need an independent valuation for — new accounting standards, litigation, commercial or tax purposes — our team of experts can help. BDO’s Valuations team will give you a robust valuation no matter how complex the case or information involved.

Our team includes published authors in the field and we specialise in share valuation in unquoted companies, intellectual property, unincorporated businesses, associated liabilities and intangible assets.

Our valuations service includes:

• Valuations for international (IFRS2, IFRS3, IAS36, IAS38) and US (SFAS141, SFAS142) accounting standards
• ‘Fair value’ requirements under articles of association and/or shareholder agreements
• Equity valuations
• Expert witness reports
• Intellectual property valuations
• Intangible assets
• Valuations under Companies Act
• Option valuations
• Tax valuations

Technical standards we normally use are International Valuation Standards (IVC) issued by the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) or Valuation Standards of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), as well as national valuation standards (Tajikistan, Russia, US).