May 26th:  “Pass Through Entity Valuation Update: The Significant Impact of Academic Research on the Debate”

To date, the ongoing debate regarding S corporation and pass-through entity valuation has been fueled by an increasing body of knowledge and research in the professional appraisal community and a growing collection of court rulings that, at times, seem to contradict research findings, while the insights provided by academic research have often fallen by the wayside.  On May 26, BVR welcomes expert appraiser Nancy Fannon (Fannon Valuation Associates) and Keith Sellers (the LaGrange Eminent Scholar of Business Valuation at the University of North Alabama), for an in-depth look at academic research with regard to pass-through entities and what these findings mean for the professional appraiser.

June 7th:  The New Minority Share Exchanges: What do they Mean for Private Company Value and Strategy,”

This free webinar, sponsored by BVResearch (a joint project of Aranca and Business Valuation Resources), examines private company share exchanges and what they mean for businesses.  Featuring appraiser Neil Beaton (Grant Thornton), banker Susan Casey (Square 1 Bank), venture capitalist Lawrence Lenihan (FirstMark Capital), attorney Chip Lion (Morrison Foerster), and Jeff Thomas, Senior Vice President with SecondMarket, one such private company exchange, this webinar will show the unique perspective of each party involved with private company financing and the changes they view as private company exchanges grow.