Professional Services

American Appraisal understands the economic and competitive factors affecting our clients in the professional services industry. 

Who We Serve
Our clients in the professional services industry include:

• Law firms
• Accounting and auditing firms
• Business advisory and consulting groups
• IT service firms
• Engineering companies
• Employment and staffing service providers
• Banking, financial and wealth management firms
• Insurance brokers and underwriters
• Business holding and management corporations

What We Do
We provide valuation expertise in all classifications of tangible and intangible assets, including:

We assist our professional services clients with the following valuation and consulting services:

• Purchase price allocations for financial and tax reporting (US GAAP and IFRS)
• Impairment testing
• Bankruptcy and restructuring
• Fresh start accounting
• Equity and option valuations
• Fairness and solvency opinions
• Buy/sell agreements
• Partnership interests
• Fixed asset inventory and reconciliation
• Insurable values

Recent Experience
American Appraisal’s recent experience includes:

• Purchase price allocation services and impairment analyses for a leading software and technology services provider
• Purchase price allocation services and impairment analyses for a technical and management services provider
• Valuation of a partnership interest in a private equity fund for marital dissolution purposes
• Purchase price allocation services for a global consulting group’s acquisition of a UK-based management consulting firm
• Providing litigation support and expert testimony to assist a Texas law firm and its client with ad valorem negotiations
• Valuation of various real property parcels to assist in estate and gift tax planning and reporting
• Monthly fixed asset subledger financial and depreciation updates for a worldwide business consulting company

Why American Appraisal?
American Appraisal assists its clients in the professional services industry with a wide variety of issues, from annual property insurance appraisals to litigation support and expert testimony. Our clients rely on American Appraisal to provide independent, objective third-party opinions and analyses.