Business Valuations

For many reasons over the lifespan of a business, a proper valuation is an imperative tool in the owner’s belt. Whether it be for capitalization, for litigation purposes, changes in family structure, dissolution or to properly understand what the business will yield to an owner upon a sale, a periodic business valuation is tremendously valuable to mitigate any issues and to find out the true numbers.

At Satty, partner Phil Kanyuk is one of the foremost valuation experts in the Northeast. Specializing in investigative and forensic accounting services for the public and private sector, He also provides services relative to damage calculations and business valuations in the litigation area. On numerous occasions he has been qualified as an expert witness in New York’s Supreme and Federal District Courts, as well as, by the American Arbitration Association and Delaware Chancery Court. He is an experienced forensic and investigative accountant, expert witness and business valuator with over 20 years of litigation and damage calculation/valuation experience and over five years of public accounting experience. Phil is also a veteran litigation support expert who has taught and lectured on a wide range of valuation and forensic accounting issues.

Services We Provide

  • Business valuations

  • Damage calculations

  • Internal corporate investigations

  • Business fraud

  • Conflicts of interest/breach of fiduciary duty/corruption

  • Manipulation of financial statements/earnings management

  • Procurement fraud and kickbacks

Areas of Litigation

Phil supports individuals and companies in all phases of litigation from pre-trial discovery through expert testimony. He assists attorneys and their clients with a variety of accounting, business, economic, financial and valuation aspects of litigation. His area of focus includes:

  • Matrimonial/shareholder disputes

  • General commercial litigation

  • Contract disputes

  • Trust and estate disputes and

  • Employment and earnings disputes