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Milsted Langdon Webinar: Business Valuation

Event date: 25 November, 2026 @1:00pm-2:00pm
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What are the key considerations in valuing a business?

Drawing on her extensive experience advising business owners and professionals, Hollie will provide practical guidance and insight into business valuation best practice and how this is relevant to different legal practitioners.

Topics covered will include:

The importance of clarity of purpose and scope of valuation.
Factors to consider when businesses are valued for commercial, tax, probate or dispute purposes.
The importance of the articles of association and shareholders’ agreement.
Minority discounts and quasi partnerships.
Common problem areas in business valuations.
Practical tips to consider when making sense of a business valuation report.
Practical tips for when you or your client are instructing a business valuer.

The webinar will conclude with the usual Q&A session.

Hollie Edwards-Davies, Corporate Finance Director, Harbourside Corporate Finance

Hollie is a Director at Harbourside, the corporate finance arm of the accountancy firm, Milsted Langdon. She has an LLB degree in Law, a BSc degree in Applied Accounting and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She is also a member of the Academy of Experts and the Expert Witness Institute and is a Bond Solon accredited expert witness. Hollie started working with small and high growth businesses over 25 years ago. She has worked with larger multinational groups and supported international trade and investment. She has also worked on large public funded infrastructure projects. She has worked in industry, in government and in practice and since 2015 has specialised in business valuations for commercial, tax and dispute purposes. She also specialises in mergers and acquisitions.

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