Valuation

The Michel-Shaked Group’s Israel Shaked (Managing Director) and Paul Dionne (Manager) discuss what quantitative bankruptcy prediction models are and how the discretion given to the financial expert applying these methodologies can lead to the abuse of the models in both bankruptcy and tax litigation settings....

The valuation of relatively healthy companies involves many unknowns. However, the valuation of distressed companies includes additional elements of uncertainty. The Michel-Shaked Group’s Israel Shaked (Managing Director) and Brad Orelowitz (Senior Vice President) published an article in the Jan/Feb 2018 issue of the TMA’s Journal...

Our Managing Director, Israel Shaked, recently presented at the Institutional Investor’s Global Shareholder Activism Conference, co-sponsored by Grant & Eisenhofer. Dr. Shaked's presentation addressed the increased distress among retailers and the role played by private equity firms. He discussed the possibility of the...

Recently, newspapers and financial websites are full of articles discussing distress in the retail sector. The number of store closures and employee layoffs is increasing every week. This year, the number of distressed retail companies has been far greater than any other year in recent...