Practice Areas

BUSINESS VALUATION

The story behind the numbers is equally as important as the numbers themselves. Being able to understand what drives the numbers is where we excel. At Arch Canyon, we take pride in our ability to meld the art and science of valuation to provide our clients with well-reasoned valuations for a variety of purposes such as:

Gift & Estate Tax Compliance
Discount Studies
Shareholder Disputes
Employee Stock Ownership Plans
C to S Corporation Conversions
LLC to C Corporation Conversions (§1202)
Fair Value for Financial Reporting
Restricted Stock Studies
Blockage Discounts
Carried Interest
Fractional Interest Discounts

Arch Canyon’s professionals have qualified as experts in various legal jurisdictions, including California Superior Courts, Federal Bankruptcy Courts, and the Delaware Court of Chancery. Our highly credentialed professionals have successfully provided expert analysis and testimony for a variety of purposes, including:

Shareholder Disputes
Dissolutions under California Sections 1800 and 2000
Bankruptcy & Restructuring
Economic Damages
Lost Profits
Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property Infringement
Business Interruption
Loss of Goodwill

Litigation Support

Arch Canyon’s professionals have qualified as experts in various legal jurisdictions, including California Superior Courts, Federal Bankruptcy Courts, and the Delaware Court of Chancery. Our highly credentialed professionals have successfully provided expert analysis and testimony for a variety of purposes, including:

Shareholder Disputes
Dissolutions under California Sections 1800 and 2000
Bankruptcy & Restructuring
Economic Damages
Lost Profits
Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property Infringement
Business Interruption
Loss of Goodwill

Real Estate Valuation

Based on years of experience and relationships, we facilitate the preparation of commercial, multifamily, office, industrial appraisals to assist prepared by licensed and credentialed appraisers. Arch Canyon’s professionals possess deep expertise in the preparation of discount studies for real estate entities and fractional interests in real estate. Our professionals have completed more than 1,000 discount and fractional interest appraisals.

Our highly credentialed experts provide well reasoned, supportable, and defensible opinions

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Arch Canyon’s professionals have prepared more than one-thousand valuations for Gift and Estate Tax purposes. We have deep-seated expertise in the preparation of well supported and defensible valuations that withstand IRS scrutiny. Our gift & estate tax valuation expertise includes.

Business Valuation
Real Property
Carried Interests / Vertical Slice Analysis
Holding Companies
FLP & FLLC’s
Intellectual Property
Tenants-In-Common and other fractional interests
Discount Studies
Blockage Discounts

Gift & Estate Tax

Arch Canyon’s professionals have prepared more than one-thousand valuations for Gift and Estate Tax purposes. We have deep-seated expertise in the preparation of well supported and defensible valuations that withstand IRS scrutiny. Our gift & estate tax valuation expertise includes.

Business Valuation
Real Property
Carried Interests / Vertical Slice Analysis
Holding Companies
FLP & FLLC’s
Intellectual Property
Tenants-In-Common and other fractional interests
Discount Studies
Blockage Discounts

Transaction Opinions

Fairness Opinions

Being independent and objective, Arch Canyon is uniquely suited to advise special committees, boards of directors, shareholders as to the fairness of corporate transactions. Providing independent, well-supported, and detailed analyses that express an opinion regarding a transaction’s fairness from a financial point of view.

Solvency Opinions

Solvency and capital adequacy tests provide an independent assessment of a borrower’s ability to repays obligations as they come due. Our independent guidance provides boards of directors, special committees, trustees, and other fiduciaries guidance on how a transaction-related debt will impact the borrower’s financial condition.

Corporate Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property is the backbone of the operations for many entities. Arch Canyon’s credentialed professionals expertly engage in the valuation of various forms of Intellectual Property, including:

Patents
Trademarks
Copyrights
Trade Secrets
Economic Royalty Rate Studies

Entertainment Based Intellectual Property

Arch Canyon’s professionals have significant experience valuing creative and entertainment-based Intellectual Property. The economics behind each entertainment-based asset is unique and distinct from any other asset. Understanding the unique characteristics is crucial to developing a reliable opinion of value. Our deep experience in valuation entertainment-based intellectual properties include:

Music catalogs
Residual income streams
Television and film rights
Motion picture catalog

Intellectual Property

Corporate Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property is the backbone of the operations for many entities. Arch Canyon’s credentialed professionals expertly engage in the valuation of various forms of Intellectual Property, including:

Patents
Trademarks
Copyrights
Trade Secrets
Economic Royalty Rate Studies

Entertainment Based Intellectual Property

Arch Canyon’s professionals have significant experience valuing creative and entertainment-based Intellectual Property. The economics behind each entertainment-based asset is unique and distinct from any other asset. Understanding the unique characteristics is crucial to developing a reliable opinion of value. Our deep experience in valuation entertainment-based intellectual properties include:

Music catalogs
Residual income streams
Television and film rights
Motion picture catalog

Employee Stock Ownership Plans

Whether for ESOP formation or an annual update, Arch Canyon’s professionals have significant experience preparing valuations and fairness opinions for employee-owned companies. Governed by ERISA guidelines and subject to DOL scrutiny, ESOP trustees and participants can rely on Arch Canyon’s expertise to prepare and review ESOP-related valuations.

With years of experience tackling tough assignments, Arch Canyon excels at valuing hard to value assets. Our commitment to understanding the economics behind these unique assets provides a framework to prepare supportable valuations for assets such as:

In-process litigation
Entertainment based IP
Tiered-Entintyties
Life Insurance / Life Settlements
Promissory Notes
Equity & Debt Derivatives

Hard to Value Assets

With years of experience tackling tough assignments, Arch Canyon excels at valuing hard to value assets. Our commitment to understanding the economics behind these unique assets provides a framework to prepare supportable valuations for assets such as:

In-process litigation
Entertainment based IP
Tiered-Entintyties
Life Insurance / Life Settlements
Promissory Notes
Equity & Debt Derivatives

Financial Reporting

Arch Canyon professionals guide our clients through the complex world of Fair Value. We understand the complexities of ASC 805 and prepare a variety of valuations according to guidelines for ASC 820, ASC 350 & 360, and ASC 718. Our services include valuations for:

Business Combinations
Purchase Price Allocations
Intangible Assets
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment
Long-Lived Asset Impairment
Embedded Derivatives
Contingent Consideration
Share-Based Compensation