§ 01 — Sounds Familiar?
You've seen a good case wounded by a weak expert.
You draft the pleadings, build the argument, anticipate the other side's every move — and then the valuation report arrives, and it's a black box. Assumptions asserted rather than evidenced. A discount rate with no working. A comparables set the opposing expert will take apart in an afternoon.
Under hostile cross-examination, an expert who cannot articulate why each assumption was chosen doesn't just lose the valuation point — they hand opposing counsel a credibility argument against your entire case. If any of these are on your desk, that risk is live:
- A shareholder or partnership dispute where oppression, exit pricing or damages turns on what the company — or a minority stake — is actually worth.
- Active litigation or arbitration that needs an independent expert opinion now, and expert testimony and rebuttal later.
- An IP licensing or infringement matter where damages hinge on royalty rates and the value of a brand, patent or technology.
- M&A documentation — a transaction opinion, exchange ratio or fair value figure that must survive scrutiny from the counterparty's advisors and, if the deal sours, from a tribunal.
- An opposing expert's report that needs a rigorous, point-by-point rebuttal rather than a competing number with no scaffolding.
§ 02 — What We Do For You
An expert opinion built the way you build a brief
Every report is constructed on the assumption that a skilled adversary will read it line by line. Each material assumption is stated, sourced and reasoned — so that in the witness box, the answer to "why did you assume this?" is already in the record.
- Business valuation for disputes and transactions — enterprise and equity value for shareholder oppression matters, exit and buy-out pricing, damages quantification and family settlements. Triangulated across income, market and cost approaches, with the weighting reasoned, not asserted.
- IP valuation for licensing and infringement — value of patents, brands, technology and content; royalty-rate analysis and reasonable-royalty damages support, with the evidentiary basis for each input documented.
- Fair value measurement for deal documentation — fair value opinions and supporting workings for M&A agreements, exchange ratios and settlement structures, aligned to the standard of value your matter actually requires.
- Rebuttal and critique — a structured review of the opposing expert's report: methods, inputs, arithmetic and internal consistency, delivered as material you can cross-examine from.
Fintellectual is a pure-play valuation practice — no audit arm, no competing service lines. That structural independence means the expert's credibility is not compromised by any other relationship with either party.
§ 03 — How The Engagement Runs
Built for court timetables and client billing
Our process — Scope → Analyse → Triangulate → Deliver & Defend — maps cleanly onto how a matter moves:
- Scope. A short call on the matter: the question the tribunal must answer, the valuation date, the standard of value and the deadline. You get a written scope and a fixed fee — a figure you can pass to your client without caveats, with no hourly meter running through hearings.
- Analyse & Triangulate. For standard mandates, an indicative valuation range within 5–7 business days — early enough to inform settlement posture before positions harden. The full signed report follows within 10–15 business days, cross-checked across approaches so a single contested input cannot sink the conclusion.
- Deliver & Defend. The report follows IVS, ICAI Valuation Standards and IBBI RVO norms, and includes a one-page plain-English value narrative — useful for briefing counsel, clients and the bench. Defence is part of the engagement: the signing valuer remains available for conferences with counsel, responses to the opposing expert, and testimony.
Every engagement is signed by a senior valuer — a Chartered Accountant and IBBI Registered Valuer (Securities or Financial Assets, registered under section 247 of the Companies Act, 2013) — the same person who scoped the work and will, if required, take the stand.
§ 04 — FAQ
What instructing counsel usually ask first
Will the signing valuer actually appear for testimony?
Yes. The senior valuer who signs the report is the one available for conferences with counsel, affidavits, cross-examination and rebuttal of the opposing expert. We do not sign with one name and send another.
How quickly can you give us a view — we have a hearing date?
For standard mandates, an indicative valuation range within 5–7 business days and a full signed report within 10–15. If your timetable is tighter, say so at scoping — we commit to a deadline in writing or we decline the mandate.
Is the valuer's registration recognised for court and tribunal work?
The signing valuer is an IBBI Registered Valuer for the Securities or Financial Assets class, registered under section 247 of the Companies Act, 2013, and a Chartered Accountant (Member, ICAI). Reports state the regulatory and standards basis — IVS, ICAI Valuation Standards, IBBI RVO norms — for the purpose at hand.
Can you critique the other side's valuation report?
Yes. Rebuttal work is a distinct scope: we review the opposing expert's methods, inputs and internal consistency and deliver a structured critique your team can build cross-examination around — with or without a competing valuation of our own.
How do you charge — our client needs certainty?
Fixed fee, agreed against a written scope before work begins. Testimony and rebuttal phases are scoped separately and in advance, so your client is never surprised by the expert's bill mid-matter.