--%>

Financial problem regarding acquistion of company

My Company paid an extremely higher price for the acquisition of other company; the price was recommended through the valuation of an investment bank. Now we have financial problems. So is there any way to make this bank legally responsible for such situation?

E

Expert

Verified

I must say no. The investment bank does a valuation as per to the expected value of the flows the company could produce and its risk. What an investment bank gives is a valuation and not a “price of valuation.” There responsibility for the price lies along with the company that realizes the offer.

To assign a valuation a frequent error is to an investment bank without getting involved and only waiting for the valuation report. Evidently, such a valuation considers only the value of the company as per to the investment bank’s forecasts upon the economy, the company and the sector and according to the risk estimation of the company, also realized through the investment bank. A helpful and relevant valuation to the executives of a company depends upon the expectation of these executives.

   Related Questions in Corporate Finance

  • Q : What is the Free Cash Flow Is the Free

    Is the Free Cash Flow (FCF) the sum of the debt cash flow and the equity cash flow?

  • Q : Explain the model of Heath Explain the

    Explain the model of Heath, Jarrow and Morton regarding tree building or Monte Carlo simulation.

  • Q : Minimum annual savings problem XYZ

    XYZ Company is interested in purchasing a new corporate jet for $6 million. This will depreciate the jet completely in 5 years and then sell it for $5 million. The jet will utilize $60,000 in fuel annually, and its maintenance will be $40,000 yearly. The tax rate of X

  • Q : Does the book value of the debt

    Does the book value of the debt all the time coincide with its market value?

  • Q : Evaluating Beta of a Corporation

    Baldwin Corporation is planning to expand into the business of providing on-demand movies. Baldwin has debt-to-equity ratio of .25, its pretax cost of debt is 9%, and its marginal tax rate is 40%. The Harrington Corporation is already in the on-demand movie business,

  • Q : Working Capital - Current Assets and

    I do not know the meaning of Working Capital Requirements. I think this should be same to Working Capital (Current Assets – Current Liabilities). There am I right?

  • Q : Weighted return and simple return to

    What is the difference between weighted return and simple return to shareholders?

  • Q : Valuation & Merger analysis Problem

    Problem 21-1 Valuation Harrison Corporation is interested in acquiring Van Buren Corporation. Assume t

  • Q : What is the sales of the firm The

    The financial ratios of a firm are as follows. Current ratio = 1.33 Acid-test ratio = 0.80 Current liabilities = 40,000 Inventory turnover ratio = 6  What is the sales of the firm?

  • Q : Explain any indisputable model for

    Is there any indisputable model for valuing the brand of a company?