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  • Complex Securities, Portfolio Valuation, Valuation

Five Reasons Smaller to Mid-Sized Asset Managers Should Get an ASC 820 Valuation Before Audit Season

  • Portfolio Valuation, Valuation

What the SEC’s Private Credit Sweep Is Actually Asking

  • 409A Valuation, Complex Securities, Startup 101

The 409A Renewal Guide: Preparation, Process, and Safe Harbor

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  • Business Valuation Law, Transaction & Valuation Advisory, Valuation

Delaware Appraisal Fair Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to DGCL §262

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  • 409A Valuation, Business Valuation Law, Stock Options

$5.3 Million for a 21-Day Delay: What Sutardja v. United States Means for Every Company That Grants Stock Options

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  • Business Valuation Law, Valuation

When the Books Are a Mess and the Wrongdoing Is Proven: Kirdassi v. White and the Burden of Uncertainty

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  • Business Valuation in Divorce, Business Valuation Law, Valuation, Valuation Discounts

When the Minority Discount Doesn’t Hold: In re Andary and the Family-Owned Business Problem

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  • Business Valuation in Divorce, Business Valuation Law

You Can’t Cherry-Pick the Valuation Date: What Kreager v. Kreager Means for Consistent Asset Valuation in Divorce

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  • 409A Valuation, Business Valuation Law, Stock Options, Term Sheets

Fair Value of Zero: What Every 409A Practitioner, Startup Founder, and VC Fund Counsel Should Learn from Jacobs v. Akademos

  • Intellectual Property

Top 8 IP Valuation Firms – IP & Patent Valuation Services

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  • Expert Testimony, Intellectual Property, Valuation

Three Experts Excluded, Two Admitted: The Amended Rule 702 Stress Test in Wolff v. Tomahawk Manufacturing

  • Business Valuation in Divorce, Personal Goodwill, Valuation

$1.97 Million or $240,000? How Brooksby v. Brooksby Drew the Line Between Goodwill and Future Earnings in Arizona

  • Business Valuation in Divorce, Business Valuation Law

$352,000 or $26,000? How Naiman v. Naiman Valued a Scentsy SuperStar Director’s Downline at Nearly Nothing

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Through our valuation work, we gain a deep understanding of our client companies. This gives us the insight we need to efficiently provide a wide range of related services, including:

Tax Compliance Valuation

Financial Reporting Compliance

Transaction Advisory

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Chris co-founded Eton Venture Services in 2010 to provide mission-critical valuations to venture-based companies. He works closely with each client’s leadership team, board of directors, internal / external counsel, and independent auditor to develop detailed financial models and create accurate, audit-proof valuations.

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