Empire Valuation Consultants, a national leader in ESOP advisory services, is a proud 100% employee-owned company. The structure of employee ownership ensures our firm’s independence and preserves our culture for the future. This is a natural progression for our firm as we have a long and successful track record working with many of the country’s leading ESOP attorneys and trustees, providing them with accurate and defensible valuation conclusions that meet all applicable ERISA, IRS and Department of Labor regulations. Across hundreds of these successful ESOP engagements, we have worked to support either the buy-side or sell-side participants in negotiating a fair and equitable transaction.

SELL-SIDE FINANCIAL ADVISORY

• Provide initial education on potential ESOP structures to meet the client’s goals and objectives
• Provide preliminary valuations and feasibility studies that aid in the selection of an optimal ESOP transaction structure
• Assist in the design of key executive incentive plans, such as stock appreciation rights, phantom stock and warrants
• Assist business owners in obtaining transaction financing
• Quarterback the transaction and assist the sellers in negotiating a successful and sustainable ESOP

BUY-SIDE FINANCIAL ADVISORY

• Provide financial advisory services for ESOP trustees in the purchase of shares by an ESOP
• Prepare adequate consideration, solvency and fairness opinions in purchase, sale, merger and plan termination transactions
• Prepare annual update valuations for plan administrative purposes
• Provide peer review services of ESOP annual update valuation reports to assist trustees with their due diligence
• Provide ESOP valuation expert witness services to support ESOP litigation cases and/or DOL actions

 

We are a national leader in ESOP advisory services, with a long and successful track record working with many of the country's leading ESOP attorneys and trustees, providing them with accurate and defensible valuation conclusions that meet all applicable ERISA, IRS and Department of Labor regulations. Our ESOP advisory team assists clients as they create employee ownership transactions. We have worked to support either the buy-side or sell-side participants in negotiating a fair and equitable transaction. Our feasibility studies clearly present the various potential transaction structures, and the impact each structure has on the selling shareholder(s), key employees, the sponsoring company and the ESOP.

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