Financial Advisory
Overview

As one of the nation's largest independent financial advisory firms, Duff & Phelps has been providing valuation and financial advisory services to clients since 1932. Typical assignments include ESOP & ERISA transactions, business valuations, fairness opinions, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, solvency opinions, corporate financing requirements, equity incentive compensation plans, purchase price allocation studies, goodwill impairment analysis, and complex tax and litigation matters. Our clients range in size from small closely held companies to major public corporations to private equity sponsors and venture capitalists.

Duff & Phelps offers its clients a broad spectrum of valuation services, which are conducted in a timely and accurate manner. Our valuation group draws upon the success and extensive experience of our mergers and acquisitions group in representing middle-market companies as both buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions.

  Duff & Phelps has developed a prominent fairness opinion and financial opinion practice through our considerable experience in assessing risk and providing financial advisory services in numerous leveraged buyout transactions. More than 100 leading financial institutions have chosen us to provide financial opinions on their behalf.   A financial opinion from Duff & Phelps carries a long-standing reputation for independence and objectivity.   Having performed more than 500 financial advisory engagements in a broad range of industries each year, Duff & Phelps renders conclusions that provide maximum value to our clients.