Business Valuation · Family law
Independent valuations of businesses, shares and trust interests for property settlements, prepared so both parties and the court can follow the reasoning.
We value business interests held directly, through companies or through trusts, as at the date required by the matter.
We can be engaged as a single expert, by one party, or in a shadow role to help a legal team understand and test another expert's report, where permitted.
Reports explain the method, assumptions and information relied on, and identify where missing records limit the opinion.
Owners may draw personal expenses through the business or take a salary that does not reflect market rates. These affect both value and the parties' financial picture.
Value that depends on one spouse's skills or relationships may be treated differently from goodwill that would transfer with the business.
Interests are often spread across companies and trusts with loans between them. The structure needs to be mapped before it can be valued.
Where one party controls the records, we identify what is missing, what can be reconstructed, and how that limits the opinion.
Our role is to give an independent opinion on value. We do not advocate for either party, and we do not advise on how property should be divided.
Principal
Principal, Maxwind
Erin is the principal of Maxwind Analytics. Her background combines corporate finance, building and running businesses, and specialist valuation and forensic work.
Maxwind Analytics has advised Melbourne businesses and their advisers since 2020.
About ErinMost family law valuations are offered with a clear scope and a fixed fee, agreed with the instructing lawyer after a short review of the initial material.
A single expert is jointly appointed by both parties to give one independent opinion on the value of a business interest. Both sides provide instructions and information, and the expert's duty is to the court rather than to either party. It often reduces cost and the conflict that comes with competing valuations.
Read the full answerYes, where both parties agree to the appointment and the instructions are settled. We first check for conflicts with either party.
We identify what is missing, request it through the proper channels, and explain how gaps affect the opinion. Where funds or assets need tracing, see our forensic accounting services.
A short conversation is usually enough to tell whether we can help and what the work would involve.
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