David W. King Managing Director, Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC
321 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654  |  312.595.8526  |

Valuation Services

• Focuses in the valuation of business equity, partnership interests, debt, preferred stock and corporate assets for clients with valuation issues related to fraudulent conveyance, shareholder disputes, contract arbitration, tax planning, financial reporting and strategic planning
• Consults on cost of capital and country risk assessment for U.S. and international clients in the context of corporate development and litigation support
• Provides expert witness testimony on business valuation before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Profile

• Serves as national technical director of valuation services at Mesirow Financial Consulting and is an advisor on valuation issues to the International Accounting Standards Board
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
• Certification in Distressed Business Valuation

Accomplishments

• Frequent speaker on valuation issues at the American Society of Appraisers, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Business Valuation Association, The Business Valuation Roundtable of San Francisco, the National Association of Business Economists and other organizations
• Contributed to articles in various professional reference books and periodicals, including the Handbook of Advanced Business Valuation, the Handbook of Business Valuation and Intellectual Property Analysis, the Business Valuation Review and Valuation Strategies
• Conducted research concerning rates of return to equity holders which has been republished in numerous reference works on business valuation

Education

• B.A., University of California, Berkeley
• M.A., Northwestern University
• Completed all course requirements in the Doctoral Program, Economics, Northwestern University

Affiliations

• Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, member
• Business Valuation Association, member
• Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, member
• The Investment Analysts Society of Chicago, member
• American Society of Appraisers, candidate member