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Welcome, and thank you for visiting Hempstead & Company. Since our founding as a financial consulting firm 30 years ago, we have provided our clients in a variety of industries with corporate valuations, fairness opinions, merger and acquisition advisory services and economic damages analysis. Our clients rely on our experience, expertise and informed judgment to provide financial analysis which is accurate and which can be defended against challenge. We have provided expert testimony on our work on numerous occasions in state and Federal courts.
We pride ourselves in hiring only the best and brightest. We have experience in a broad range of industries, including, but not limited to, consumer and industrial product manufacturing, health care, distribution, biotech, pharmaceuticals, insurance, financial services, media, retail, restaurants, technology and services.
What can Hempstead & Co. do for you?
- Business valuations for estate planning.
- Valuations for Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs).
- Valuations for shareholder buyouts.
- Valuations for shareholder dissenter’s rights.
- Valuations for matrimonial matters.
- Valuations for financial reporting.
- Purchase price allocations for mergers.
- Goodwill impairment studies.
- Fairness opinions.
- Stock option valuations.
- IRS Sec. 409A valuations.
- Valuations for bankruptcy matters.
- Economic damages analysis.
- Merger & acquisition advisory services.
You can rely on our experience, developed through over 3,000 valuation assignments. If you have a question, please contact us. We look forward to the opportunity to be of service.
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