WIND ENERGY SYSTEM

Appraisal Economics Inc. has completed a valuation of a wind park located in the Midwestern United States. The wind park consists of approximately 100 wind turbines with a combined electrical generating capacity of about 150 megawatts, the equivalent of providing...

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INTERESTS IN COSMETICS COMPANY

Appraisal Economics Inc. has determined the fair market values of two minority, non-controlling membership interests in a leading cosmetics company that develops and markets skin care products. Part of our analysis required the valuation of the preferred equity of a...

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WIND FARM LITIGATION SUPPORT

Appraisal Economics has provided litigation support to attorneys representing a Michigan taxing authority regarding wind farms and tax incentives. Specifically, we considered whether the availability of specific tax incentives necessarily indicates that the value of...

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HEDGE FUND AND PRIVATE EQUITY FUND INTERESTS

Appraisal Economics Inc. has conducted a valuation of an interest in a limited liability company that holds approximately three dozen limited partnership interests in hedge funds and private equity funds, among other illiquid assets. This engagement for a former...

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PRIVATE EQUITY AND HEDGE FUND INTERESTS

Appraisal Economics Inc. has conducted a valuation of an interest in a holding company that owns limited partnership interests in hedge funds, managed futures funds, and private equity funds, and direct investments in two private companies. Our engagement consisted of...

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OUTPERFORMANCE PLAN WITH ACCELERATION FEATURE

Appraisal Economics Inc. has determined the fair value of an outperformance plan (OPP) granted to employees of a real estate investment trust (REIT). This OPP grants employees shares of the company’s publicly traded common stock based on the achievement of certain...

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PRIVATE EQUITY CARRIED INTEREST

Appraisal Economics Inc. has conducted a valuation of carried interest of a private equity firm for litigation support purposes. This high profile case was tried in Federal District Court and involved, among other things, the defendant’s First Amendment rights and...

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WIND RIGHTS

Appraisal Economics valued the legal rights to harness the flow of wind on a large tract of high plains acreage in the western United States. So-called “wind rights” permit the holder to generate renewable electricity by converting kinetic energy into electrical...

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