Richard Claywell was recently a panelist for the Financial Poise webinar: Selecting the Right Valuation Expert for a Corporate Transaction. Richard provided valuable tips to business professionals and deal lawyers about how to identify and attain the right valuation expert for their situation.
If you’re looking for a business valuation expert in Houston, TX or beyond, take note of these 23 questions to ask a business valuation specialist to determine their level of experience when hiring someone to assist in your corporate transactions.
Credentials
- What designations or credentials do you have?
- Do you have the Accredited Senior Appraiser from the American Society of Appraisers? (10,000 hours of work hours must be proved)
- Do you have the Accredited in Business Valuation from the AICPA?
- Do you have the Certified Business Appraisers from the IBA?
- Do you have the Certified Valuation Analyst from the NACVA?
- Do you have the Accredited in Business Appraisal Review from the IBA?
Experience
- What percentage of time do you spend doing business valuations?
- Is business valuation a major part of your practice area?
- Do you specialize in doing business valuations?
- How many years have you been doing business valuations?
- How many business valuation reports have you been responsible for completing?
- What are the types of valuations performed, and the industries you have performed business valuations for?
- What are your other areas of experience?
Teaching
- Do you teach any courses on business valuation?
- What courses have you prepared and instructed?
- Where and when were the presentations made?
- What are the topics that were taught?
Publications
- Have you published any articles or books on business valuation?
- Ask for a list of the articles published.
- Ask for a list of books published.
- Can I see a copy of a sample report?
Continuing Education
- How many hours of continuing education do you receive each year in business valuation? (This should be a large area of concentration)
- If you are a credentialed business valuation professional, please provide a copy of your annual reporting of Continuing Professional Education.
Since 1985 J. Richard Claywell has built a reputation for integrity and for providing key solutions for clients in the legal and business communities in Houston, TX and beyond.