Valuesque

Clarity in Complexity.

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What we do

Valuation at our core.

A sound business valuation is a complex undertaking, with many interdependent factors. The analysis and assumptions must be understood in relation to one another and aligned to arrive at a credible, professionally defensible valuation.

At Valuesque, we value businesses and advise on the financial questions that surround them: transactions, financial planning, forensic analysis and the cost of capital. Our work covers special situations, complex structures and demanding analytical questions. We deliver valuation reports and analysis to inform your decisions. Where required, we continue to advise you beyond the individual valuation engagement.

A sound business valuation brings together consistent analysis and assumptions to arrive at a credible, professionally defensible value.

Valuation reports and fairness opinions

Business valuations and assessments of price fairness for transactions, succession, financial reporting and disputes.

Funds and complex instruments

Valuations for private equity and venture capital, from individual investments to conversion rights and share classes.

Forensic analysis and litigation support

Earnings quality, hidden obligations and financial analysis for investors and parties to litigation.

Cost of capital and capital market studies

Empirically derived betas, risk-free rates and risk premiums for valuations and regulatory proceedings.

Financial planning and management

Integrated profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow planning, scenario analysis and group financial management.

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When clients turn to us

Different situations. One question: What is it worth?

  1. Regulatory valuations

    Fund valuations under the German Capital Investment Code (KAGB) and expert opinions on the cost of capital in regulatory proceedings, including allowed returns on equity under incentive regulation.

  2. Valuations for financial reporting

    Purchase price allocations and impairment tests under IFRS 3 and IAS 36, share-based payments under IFRS 2, and earn-outs and financial instruments under IFRS 9.

  3. Transaction valuations

    Acquisitions, disposals, succession and funding rounds: valuations for negotiations, fairness opinions for supervisory boards and shareholders, and contingent consideration.

  4. Statutory valuations

    Mergers, squeeze-outs and judicial appraisal proceedings, share valuations for tax purposes under the German Valuation Act, equalisation of accrued gains on divorce, and inheritance matters.

  5. Strategic valuations

    Business decisions: value-based management and assessment of financial plans, valuations in financial distress and restructuring, and investment decisions involving young companies and intangible assets.

  6. Academic and business expert opinions

    Expert opinions on fundamental questions of valuation and the cost of capital, specialist business analysis and simulations of counterfactual scenarios.

  7. Reporting

    Annual and sustainability reports designed for investors and informed by a capital markets perspective.

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About Valuesque

Grounded in theory and practice.

At Valuesque, we combine academic expertise with experience in business valuation, capital market analysis and advisory. We support companies, investors and public-sector clients with valuation questions, transactions and commercial disputes.

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Matthias Meitner

Prof. Dr. Matthias Meitner, CFA

Founder and Managing Partner

Matthias Meitner previously worked as a researcher at ZEW and an investment manager at Allianz Global Investors. He is an expert publicly appointed and sworn by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a professor of business valuation at ISM. He serves on the IFRS Foundation's CMAC and chairs the Supervisory Board of CFA Society Germany.

Portrait of Paul Kunitz

Paul Kunitz, CVA

Partner

Paul Kunitz is a Certified Valuation Analyst with Big Four experience in transaction services. He specialises in the valuation of start-ups, complex structures and financial instruments. At Valuesque, he leads valuation engagements and is an expert in integrating AI and digital technologies into business processes.

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