What We Do

Valuation is a core discipline at BRG. Our services include in-depth portfolio and asset-level valuations, for complex securities, as well as opinions in support of transactions and disputes. The BRG approach to valuation leverages the deep knowledge base of our industry expert groups.

Our services include:

Alternative Investment Valuation 

BRG helps clients address their valuation challenges to comply with the latest fair value reporting requirements and to meet SEC and other regulatory examinations in areas including:

Transaction Opinions

We serve as an independent advisor providing transaction opinions to help companies, their boards of directors and other stakeholders fulfill their fiduciary duties in connection with a proposed transaction. BRG works on behalf of boards of directors, special committees, trustees, investors and other fiduciaries to provide:

Disputes and Expert Testimony Valuations

BRG senior professionals are credentialed valuation experts with extensive testimony experience. The firm has participated in some of the largest commercial litigation cases of recent years and provides the litigation expertise needed for our clients’ most critical disputes. Our services include:

  • Fraudulent Conveyance Actions/Solvency
  • Shareholder Appraisal
  • Valuation of Intellectual Property
  • Business Interruption and Lost Profits Calculations
  • Specialized Disputes

Tax and Financial Reporting Valuations

We provide valuation services to fulfill financial reporting and tax requirements for corporations, funds and investors in the US and internationally. Our valuation opinions are prepared in accordance with the requirements of the SEC, the IRS and other regulatory bodies.

  • Purchase price allocations (ASC 820, IFRS 3, IFRS 13, IAS 38)
  • Goodwill impairment and asset impairment testing (ASC 350/360, IAS 36)
  • Stock compensation valuation (IRC §409A)
  • Fresh start accounting (ASC 852)
  • Gift and estate tax valuation

Specialized / Strategic Valuations

BRG provides specialized valuation services requiring explicit industry and regulatory expertise. Examples of such services include healthcare valuations, intellectual property portfolio assessment and value enhancement advisory.

Our Clients

Our valuation services are appropriate for clients that face valuation challenges, are contemplating a transaction or are involved in a dispute. We serve a client base of:

Corporations

  • Public/Private
  • Domestic/International
  • Start-up/Established/Distressed

Investment Funds

  • General Partners (PE, Hedge, BDCs, Mutual Funds)
  • Limited Partners (Pension, Fund-of-Funds, Sovereign Wealth, Endowments, Family Offices)

Parties in Litigation and Other Contentious Proceedings

  • Attorneys
  • Companies in Bankruptcy Proceedings
  • Defendants/Plaintiffs

Professionals

Related Contacts

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Bruce B. Bingham

Managing Director

New York

Chau Hoang

Managing Director

New York

Gregory Nachtwey

Managing Director

San Francisco Bay Area

William "Wick" Smith

Managing Director

Atlanta

Jerry M. Chang

Managing Director

Atlanta

Emily Johns

Managing Director

Dallas

Our industry knowledge is broad and deep.

BRG combines intellectual rigor with practical, real-world experience. We have an in-depth understanding of industries and markets, with expertise spanning the major sectors of the global economy. Following are some of the many sectors that we know inside and out.