Why hire RCS Advisors?

RCS Advisors’ valuation work is performed by experienced specialists accredited by a leading national valuation association. RCS Advisors employs a valuation approach that is comprehensive, detailed and tailored to our client’s specific situation, so that you can have the confidence that the decisions made in your case, or for your purposes, will be based upon work that is sound and capable of withstanding challenges.

RCS Advisors’ specialists are trained to respond to depositions and testify in court to effectively explain and defend the valuation work.

As another service, RCS Advisors also critiques or reviews valuations provided by other parties and assists attorneys in preparing to question other appraisers or expert witnesses regarding their work.

Why hire an experienced specialist?

Relying on inaccurate work performed by an inexperienced appraiser can result in poor decision-making or in one needlessly having to pay too much money, or receive too little.

In the case of legal disputes, if the appraiser providing a value-estimate is determined to be inexperienced or insufficiently qualified, or the appraiser’s work is deemed to be substandard or unreliable, the judge may discard the value-estimate. The judge may instead elect to rely upon a value-estimate submitted by the opposing side which may be less favorable to your case, perhaps costing you thousands or millions of dollars.

RCS Advisors’ valuation work is done to superior standards and is performed by experienced specialists accredited by a leading national valuation association so that our clients can confidently rely upon the valuation work.

Is it important to have a quality report?

Relying on a substandard report for strategic analysis and decision-making, or for negotiations is likely to result in poor decisions. This can be costly.

Relying on a substandard report when attempting to resolve a dispute can be costly as well. In legal proceedings for example, once a valuation report has been submitted it is likely to be subjected to intense scrutiny from opposing parties with the intent of discrediting the work and causing it to be removed from consideration. A report containing deficiencies or errors could be deemed unreliable by a judge or jury and discarded in favor of a report provided by an opposing party. If a report with findings less favorable (to you) is ultimately used for the decision of your case, it could potentially result in the loss of thousands or millions of dollars.


RCS Advisors valuation process and valuation reports are carefully designed and quality-controlled to meet or exceed the industry’s most prominent professional standards. Our clients have confidence knowing their valuation report is of high quality and that the report can be relied upon for important decision-making, negotiations or in assisting to resolve disputes.

What if my appraiser is called to testify in court?

In legal proceedings, the appraiser may be called as an expert witness to assist the court in understanding the valuation work submitted in the case. The opposing attorney typically attempts to discredit the expert witness’s work on the bases the appraiser is not qualified or the appraiser’s work is substandard with the hope of causing the court to discard the appraiser’s findings and testimony.

An appraiser who is not experienced, or whose work contains deficiencies or is substandard will not be capable of credibly demonstrating that his/her work is proper, fair and reliable. This could increase the opposing attorney’s chances of convincing the court that decisions in the case ought to be based upon the valuation work submitted by the opposing side’s chosen appraiser, perhaps resulting in significant losses to you.

RCS Advisors’ valuation work is the product of a carefully designed and quality-controlled valuation process. RCS Advisors’ valuation work is performed by experienced specialists who are specially trained to respond to depositions and testify in court if and when called upon. RCS Advisors’ specialists are able to effectively explain and defend the valuation work while under pressure from attorneys. This gives clients the confidence that the valuation work will withstand attempts to discredit the valuation and will hold up in court.

When is a valuation report or expertise needed?

RCS Advisors provides valuation reports and valuation expertise for various situations including:

• Buy-outs of partners or shareholders
• Buy-Sell agreements
• Collateral valuations
• Damages calculations
• Divorce proceedings, Marital dissolution
• Estate or Gift tax filings and planning
• ESOP valuations (employee stock ownership plans)
• Exit and Succession planning
• Fairness opinions
• Fair-value reporting and impairment testing
• Financings (loans, equity investments)
• Insurance claims and related cases
• Intellectual property (copyrights, patents, trademarks, etc.) valuations
• M&A (purchase or sale of a business or asset)
• Restructurings, reorganizations, bankruptcy
• Stock option and Warrant valuations