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Stuart Gilham Re-Joins Parmentier Arthur

Parmentier Arthur is pleased to announce that Stuart Gilham has re-joined as a senior valuation consultant following five years with EY in London. Stuart initially joined Parmentier Arthur in 2008 from Deloitte, where he specialised in personal tax before joining the...

That’s A Good Idea

Valuing intellectual property – the basics explained. Intellectual property (“IP”) has been defined as “rights which are legally recognised exclusive rights to creations of the mind” and covers a broad range of intangible asset categories including but not limited to...

Is “Fair Value” Always Fair?

Fair value provisions in articles of association A company’s Articles of Association often require shares to be valued “at fair value” variously by its auditor, an expert or someone recommended by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England...

Goodwill To All Men? Part 2

HMRC and trade related properties Owners of trade-related properties (“TRPs”) face a particularly difficult task in persuading HMRC that there is any goodwill attaching to a TRP on incorporation (see previous Newsdesk item “Goodwill to all men – part 1?” for a general...

It can be Taxing

Negotiating with HMRC The shares are valued, the tax return filed, job done? Not quite. The most exhausting, stressful and time-consuming phase of transactions involving shares in an unquoted company or the goodwill in an unincorporated business may be about to begin,...

How Much is my Company Worth?

The mysteries of share valuation revealed There can be many reasons why company owners may wish to obtain an opinion of the current value of their own shareholdings or of the company as a whole. Perhaps an unsolicited approach to purchase the company has been made. A...