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Update Business Valuation 2020

The latest developments in business valuation theory, practice and case law In business valuations, theory and practice, economists and lawyers meet. This ensures dynamism in valuation theory, practice and jurisprudence. The Business Valuation Update reports […]

SME valuation in the DACH region

So near and yet so far: SME valuation in the DACH region Business valuation is mathematics + context, which is also evident in a comparison of the valuation of SMEs in the DACH region. The […]

When and about what did we know something?

The Corona timeline for business valuations The consensus view is that the effects of Covid-19 should not be taken into account in objectified business valuations for 31 December 2019. We have now been asked how […]

Valuation date and corona

Is “Corona” to be taken into account in the company valuation? It depends – as always – and in this case on the valuation date. An “extraordinary situation” occurred at the latest with the Federal […]

Do we have to wait urgently?

Talleyrand, Corona and business valuation In response to our article “Company Valuation in Times of the Virus“, we were asked whether it is not too early to make recommendations, or whether – according to Talleyrand […]

Digitalisation in business valuation

Will the business valuator still be needed in 10 years’ time? Digitisation is on everyone’s lips. It affects practically all industries and fields of activity, not least also business valuation. Digitalisation creates new valuation objects, […]

Coronavirus

Implications for business valuation There is also a continuing need for business valuations: time-bound transactions (squeeze-outs), pending proceedings (divorce, inheritance, settlements) or accounting and tax purposes (impairments). We will see distress sales and buying opportunities […]

Company valuation in times of Corona

Crises and valuation have something in common: we do not know how they end This short version of a detailed article that will appear in EXPERT FOCUS in June 2020 summarises our thoughts and reflections […]

Valuation of SMEs with multiples

Or: Of apples and pears With multiples, a company valuation seems possible in no time at all: EBIT multiplied by a factor results in the company value. But simplicity is also a pitfall: apples are […]