Wealth, Family and Succession Matters
The technical question here is to determine, precisely, what makes up an estate, what it is worth, and how it moved up to the date relevant to the settlement or succession.
Context in which the problem arises
Interests in family businesses, assets registered in a third party's name, variable income and transactions that predate a separation or death call for an accounting and financial examination that goes beyond an inventory of declared assets.
When this analysis is needed
- Divorce and the dissolution of a stable union.
- Probate proceedings and disputes among heirs.
- Suspected concealment of assets.
- Rendering of accounts by an estate administrator or executor.
Questions typically analyzed
- Asset determination and valuation
- Divorce and asset division
- Marital disputes
- Probate and succession proceedings
- Ownership interests
- Asset identification and tracing
- Rendering of accounts
How SGEx Approaches This
SGEx identifies the assets and rights based on accounting, banking and corporate records, sets the valuation date, values ownership interests, and documents movements that change the composition of the estate.
Possible Work and Deliverables
The format is defined according to the case, the proceeding and the purpose of the work.
- Asset valuation report
- Asset tracing report
- Expert opinion
- Examination of rendered accounts
- Expert questions and clarifications
Other SGEx Solutions
Services, specialties, contexts and industries connected to this topic under SGEx's relationship matrix.
Related Services
- Accounting Expert ExaminationIndependent expert examination of accounting records, financial statements and calculations, prepared for judicial, arbitral and administrative proceedings.
- Business and Asset ValuationValuation of companies, ownership interests and assets for disputes, corporate transactions, succession matters and court proceedings.
- Forensic AccountingReconstruction and examination of accounting records and financial flows for evidentiary purposes, in contexts of suspected wrongdoing, conflict or inquiry.
Related Specialties
- Damages, Losses and Economic QuantificationLost profits, actual damages, lost revenue, indemnities and the liquidation of court judgments.
- Corporate Matters, Buyout Claims and ValuationValuation of a withdrawing shareholder's interest, balance-sheet determination, goodwill, business valuation and corporate disputes.
- Contracts and Commercial RelationsEconomic and financial imbalance, contractual disputes, and commercial agency, distribution and dealership agreements.
- Forensic Accounting and AuditAccounting reconstruction, tracing of financial flows, analysis of financial statements, contingencies and fraud investigation.
Related Areas of Practice
- Wealth, Family and Succession MattersDivorce settlements, probate proceedings and marital disputes that call for the determination, valuation and tracing of assets.
- Corporate and Shareholder DisputesDisputes among shareholders, partners and officers, corporate dissolutions, buyout claims and disagreements over financial results.
- Civil and Contract DisputesNonperformance, termination, contract revision and civil liability claims in which the controversy turns on monetary values and calculations.
Related Industries
- Hospitality and Real EstateHotels, real estate developments and property assets involved in valuations, corporate disputes and insolvency.
- AgribusinessProducers, cooperatives, trading companies and agro-industrial businesses involved in valuations, succession matters and judicial reorganization.
- Financial and Capital MarketsFinancial institutions, investment funds, investors and publicly listed companies involved in disputes, valuations and financial reviews.
- Digital Business, Creators and PlatformsDigital businesses, content creators and platforms involved in asset tracing, valuations and disputes.
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