We provide sophisticated valuation services
across a broad range of client needs.

At Vianello Forensic Consulting, we provide valuation services for M&A transactions, tax valuation, marital dissolution, ESOP valuation, and complex commercial litigation.

Our professionals are trained to get behind the numbers to determine the circumstances of the valuation subject. We combine thorough financial, forensic, economic, and industry analysis with rigorously applied valuation standards, methods, and techniques to reach solid valuation opinions. Because of our litigation focus, we stand ready to defend our valuation opinions regardless of their purpose.

The depth and breadth of knowledge that comes from many years of practical experience makes us a valuable resource for our clients. We would like to become a valuable resource for you as well.

Valuation Presentations and Publications

• "Discounts for Lack of Marketability: What the Scientific Method Tells Us", The Value Examiner , September/October 2022 (a National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts publication).

• Vianello, M. (2019) Empirical Research Regarding Discounts For Lack Of Marketability Vianello Forensic Consulting, LLC

• "Modified Formula for Adjusting Cost of Capital for Current Market Conditions"   Previously published in QuickRead, October 29, 2015 (a National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts publication).

• "Probability Based Estimation and the DLOM Calculation" QuickRead, August 19, 2015 (a National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts publication).

• "A Method to Adjust the Cost of Equity Capital for Prevailing Market Conditions" FVS Consulting Digest, May 2015 Edition (an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants publication).

• "Calculating Probability Based DLOMs" Valuation Strategies, November/December 2014 Edition (a Thompson Reuters publication).

• "Using Restricted Stock and Pre-IPO Studies for Quantifying DLOM - Two Ways of Saying I Don't Know?" Valuation Strategies, September/October 2014 Edition (a Thompson Reuters publication).

• "How Probability Affects Discounts for Lack of Marketability" Business Valuation Update, Vol. 20, No. 7, July 2014.

• "Why Do Private Firms Linger on the Selling Block?" Business Valuation Update, Vol. 19, No. 10, October 2013.

• "Rebutting Critics of the Longstaff DLOM Methodology," Business Valuation Update, Vol. 18, No. 9, September 2012. THE LONGSTAFF FORMULA ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY THE METHODOLOGY USED IN THE VFC DLOM CALCULATOR. THE ADJUSTMENT SHOULD NOT BE USED.

• "Cost of Capital Should Align With the Broad Market Conditions as of the Valuation Date," Business Valuation Update, Vol. 18, No. 5, May 2012.

• "Adjusting Cost of Capital for Prevailing Market Conditions," Business Valuation Update, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2012.

• "The Marketing Period of Private Sale Transactions: Updated for Sales through 2010," Business Valuation Update, Vol. 17, No. 11, November 2011.

• "The Marketing Period of Private Sales Transactions," Business Valuation Update, Vol. 16, No. 12, December 2010

• "The Specific Company Risk of Abnormal Levels of Debt," Valuation Strategies, September/October 2010 Edition (a Thompson Reuters publication).

• "Calculating DLOM Using the VFC Longstaff Methodology" BVR's Guide to Discounts for Lack of Marketability, 2009 Edition. THE LONGSTAFF FORMULA ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY THE METHODOLOGY USED IN THE VFC DLOM CALCULATOR. THE ADJUSTMENT SHOULD NOT BE USED.

• "Restructuring the Levels of Value," BVR's Guide to Discounts for Lack of Marketability, 2009 Edition.

• "New Insight into Calculating Discounts for Lack of Marketability," Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert, Issue 11, February/March 2008; published by The Judicial View, 2008; CPA Expert, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, May 2008.

• National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts presentation of Case Study for Application of Longstaff Model for Marketability Discounts for Private Companies, May 29, 2009 and August 31, 2009

• University of San Diego Law School Seminar Regarding Discount for Lack of Marketability, September 18, 2008

• AICPA webinar continuing education presentation of the VFC Longstaff DLOM Methodology, March 20, 2008

• Financial Consulting Group professional association presentation regarding discount for lack of marketability and adjustments for current market conditions, September 2007.