The Importance of Fairness Opinions: Valuation Assurance for Buyers and Sellers

The Importance of Fairness Opinions: Valuation Assurance for Buyers and Sellers

A Fairness Opinion can provide important information in a wide variety of financial transactions such as mergers, acquisitions and business privatizations, as well as hostile takeovers and distressed sales. Very succinctly, a Fairness Opinion can be thought of as a second opinion because it addresses the fairness of a proposed equity transaction from a financial perspective, as produced by an independent financial advisor who objectively examines the price, terms and consideration to be received in a given transaction.