Professional Services

American Appraisal understands the economic and competitive factors affecting our clients in the professional services industry. 

Who We Serve
Our clients in the professional services industry include:

• Law firms
• Accounting and auditing firms
• Business advisory and consulting groups
• IT service firms
• Engineering companies
• Employment and staffing service providers
• Banking, financial and wealth management firms
• Insurance brokers and underwriters
• Business holding and management corporations

What We Do
American Appraisal’s work in the professional services industry includes:

• Deal sourcing
• Due diligence
• Decision support and business modelling
• Insurance placement and risk management
• Transfer pricing and tax restructuring advice
• Financing and debt advisory
• Real estate advisory, including property tax valuations and negotiations
• Fair value accounting for business combinations under FASB ASC 805 and IFRS 3
• Asset componentization for IAS 16 compliance
• Impairment testing under ASC 350 and 360 and IAS 36
• Fair market value opinions for regulatory and tax compliance
• Asset-based financing
• Dispute resolution
• Fairness and solvency opinions
• Cost segregation studies
• Fixed asset inventory and reconciliation

Recent Experience
American Appraisal’s recent experience includes:

• Providing litigation support and expert testimony to assist a law firm in a dispute
• Valuation of three subsidiaries in a recruitment business for a group reorganisation
• Purchase price allocation services for a global consulting group’s acquisition of a UK-based management consulting firm
• Purchase price allocation services and impairment analyses for a leading software and technology services provider
• Valuation of a partnership interest in a private equity fund for a marital dispute
• Valuation of various real estate assets for inheritance tax purposes

Why American Appraisal?
American Appraisal assists its clients in the professional services industry with a wide variety of issues, from annual property insurance appraisals to litigation support and expert testimony. Our clients rely on American Appraisal to provide independent, objective third-party opinions and analyses.