Freeman
& Mills, Inc. consultants to counsel and management
Freeman
& Mills is one of the most respected
and experienced litigation consulting firms in the US.
Since its founding in 1978, the firm has assisted attorneys in developing case
strategy, assessing issues of causation and liability, formulating the
measurement of damages, and providing expert testimony.
Complex Business Valuation
F&M provides interdisciplinary "team" expertise in areas of accounting, economics, finance and tax to address a wide variety of business and asset valuation issues.
F&M Capabilities
- Experienced MBAs and Big Four CPAs with accounting, auditing and tax expertise
- Experienced expert witnesses
- Economic research of national and international financial markets
- Experience in public financial markets, solvency analysis, and merger and acquisition due diligence
- Analysis of business records, regulatory filings and accounting rules governing public reporting
- Economic analysis in cases involving fraudulent conveyance, securities and shareholder derivative actions, personal liability disputes and wrongful employment termination
F&M Case Histories
- F&M prepared the valuation of a health care-related software start-up venture in a breach of contract action between venture capital partners.
- F&M defended the competency of the solvency opinion prepared during the sale of a major motion picture studio on behalf of the seller.
- F&M exposed a defendant's arrangement to sell a $120 million foundry business in an attempt to avoid pension liabilities.
- F&M testified that a major corporation paid too much to acquire a subsidiary because the seller withheld material information.
- F&M valued a high profile, single office law firm for use in dissolution.
- F&M testified that convertible debt and call options were used to acquire a synthetic equity interest in a business.
