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  • Business Valuation Law, Estate & Gift Tax, IRS Litigation, M&A, Personal Goodwill

$19 Million in Personal Goodwill the IRS Couldn’t Touch: What Huffman v. Commissioner Means for Structuring the Sale of a C Corporation

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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

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

Prove It’s Personal, or It’s Enterprise: What Donahue v. Donahue Means for the Personal Goodwill Defense in Florida Divorce

  • Business Valuation Law, Expert Testimony, Valuation

The Expert Who Wasn’t: What Sullivan v. Loden Means for Valuation Expert Admissibility After the Amended Rule 702

  • Business Valuation in Divorce, Business Valuation Law

When the Court Rejects Both Experts and Values the Business from Loan Documents: The Warning from Gillum v. Gillum

  • Business Valuation Law, Expert Testimony, M&A, Transaction & Valuation Advisory, Valuation

The $13 Billion Bet on a Single Valuation Theory—and Why It Lost: Lessons from Tesla/SolarCity

  • Business Valuation Law, IRS Litigation, Valuation Discounts

What Estate of Cecil Actually Settled — and Didn’t — About Tax-Affecting S Corporation Valuations

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

If the Business Isn’t Being Sold, Is There a Marketability Discount? What Fair v. Fair Means for DLOM in Divorce

9 Top M&A Advisory Boutique Firms in the US in 2026
  • M&A, Transaction & Valuation Advisory, Valuation

9 Top M&A Advisory Boutique Firms in the US

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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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