When a family business caught up in divorce is not a simple 100% ownership, things can get complicated—from both a valuation and legal perspective. In a short video, family law attorney Kevin Segler (KoonsFuller Family Law) points out that dealing with complicated ownership structures is like peeling back an onion, with each layer revealing more issues for investigation.

Valuation expert Karolina Calhoun (Mercer Capital) notes that it’s important to understand complex entity structures and the flow through of that ownership—as well as the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of that ownership. Other issues to consider include multilayering with discounts, tracing marital versus separate asset ownership, and how related parties in the business impact ownership, valuation, and division of assets.

Calhoun and Segler will co-present a session on this very topic at the 2022 AAML/BVR National Conference, September 18-20, in Las Vegas. To see the full agenda and to register, click here.