Nick Anderson - American Appraisal

Nicholas qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990 with Deloitte Haskins & Sells. His training in audit was primarily in the media sector. In 1991 he began his secondment to the Prague office of Coopers & Lybrand. He focused on working for inward investors from the UK, Scandinavia and the US advising them on the strengths and weaknesses of particular Czech and Slovak companies. He played a major role in building the practice from 10 staff to over 70 at the end of his secondment.

He joined the London valuation practice of Coopers & Lybrand in 1993 specialising in valuations for commercial and tax purposes with a team of 25 staff. Following the merger with Price Waterhouse in 1998 he joined the Intellectual Asset Management practice when he focused on developing his expertise in the valuation of intangibles. Prior to leaving PwC to set up Gravitas Partners, he was a key member of the Consumer Products team where he led the delivery of all intangible valuation assignments.

Following the merger with Gravitas Partners, Nicholas leads the UK financial valuation group, specialising in intangible asset valuation, an area which has grown extremely rapidly following the introduction of IFRS. The practice is a market leader in the provision of purchase price allocation and impairment reviews and Nicholas is one the UK’s most experienced practitioners in the area. Examples of his client experience are set out below:

	Partner in charge of determining the purchase price allocation for accounting purposes for a FTSE 100 company following its $4 billion purchase of a US confectionery manufacturer
	Was partner of a team undertaking an extensive impairment review of €3 billion worth of goodwill in the balance sheet of a global luxury goods company
	Partnered a team engaged by a leading Government department to undertake a detailed report which assessed whether a IT project worth around £100 million reflected value for money to HM Government
	Acted as partner on an impairment review for a dual listed FTSE 250 company which was required for US reporting standards
	Led the valuations of two fashion businesses which were required by a prominent UK fashion house involved in extending its debt financing
	Was partner on a project which valued an IT reseller which was part of a transaction between two related parties within a large UK IT group
	Managed a large team determining the purchase price allocation for a large life insurance company for US accounting purposes
	Managed the purchase price allocation for US accounting purposes of a financial institution following its purchase by a UK retail bank
	Managed the purchase price allocation for US accounting purposes of a media buying agency following its purchase by a major UK media company
	Managed an assignment to evaluate the appropriate royalty rate in relation to the trademark and associated rights for a financial settlement business
	Managed and co-ordinated a pan-European valuation of trademarks and businesses for tax purposes for a multinational luxury goods company
	Managed and co-ordinated a large number of pan-European valuations of a private equity portfolio for a multinational bank

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