Fairness & Solvency Opinions Shouldn't Be Overlooked Amid Restructuring Wave
Episode 1: Chris Mercer Interview on Marketability Discount: Part 1
Episode 11: Mediating Business Valuation Disputes: Conversation with Arthur Rosenbloom
About 40 years ago, a son and his mother first teamed up to invest in purchasing and managing over a dozen buildings in New York through 4 co-owned entities, each owned on a 50/50 basis. Fast forward several decades and the...more
In my business divorce travels occasionally I encounter instances in which shareholder distributions are made in the period between the valuation date for an elective buyout of a minority shareholder who sued for dissolution...more
The concept of a reverse merger, in short, holds that a privately held company acquires a publicly traded company. In so doing, the private company can gain access to public equity markets without going through the lengthy...more
On July 30, 2018, Chancellor Andre Bouchard of the Delaware Court of Chancery determined that the deal price minus synergies was the best evidence of the fair value of Solera Holdings, Inc. (“Solera”) in an appraisal action...more
On May 21, 2018, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery reaffirmed the Court’s earlier ruling that the best evidence of the fair value of Aruba Networks, Inc. (“Aruba”) for purposes of appraisal in...more
The steady flow and scholarly character of Delaware Chancery Court opinions in company valuation contests provide an important resource and learning tool for business divorce practitioners, appraisers, and judges in New York...more
On August 1, 2017, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an en banc opinion in DFC Global Corporation v. Muirfield Value Partners, L.P., et al., reversing the Delaware Court of Chancery's decision regarding the fair value of DFC...more
The premiere episode of Business Divorce Roundtable starts out with a bang or, more accurately, Part One of a two-part interview with one of the nation’s leading business appraisers, Chris Mercer, discussing the controversy...more
Mediation has grown in popularity as a means of resolving legal disputes in lockstep with the rising costs and delays attendant to litigation and arbitration, including business divorce cases. This episode features an...more