Menu Home Why Abrams Books Articles People Seminars Doing Business with AVG Contact Us
next page

WHAT ABRAMS CLIENTS SAY

"Their work product is excellent"

To Whom It May Concern:

This letter is to attest that Jay Abrams and his firm, Abrams Valuation Group, Inc. (AVGI), have performed approximately 25 valuations for clients of our firm. Their work product is excellent. Their valuation reports reflect mathematical sophistication, clear communication, careful documentation, and meticulous attention to the smallest detail. Additionally, the AVGI team has always been responsive and sensitive to our needs. At times, they have worked around the clock to produce the reports that we needed for a rush job. I highly recommend Abrams Valuation Group, Inc. as your business valuators.

Sincerely yours,

Daniel H. O'Connell, Esq.
O'Connell & Bouman


"I would recommend Mr. Abrams for any type of expert valuation issues"

To Whom It May Concern:

This letter is written as a recommendation for the expert valuation services of Jay Abrams. I was the lead counsel in a very complex construction defect litigation case involving a three story medical building. The case was filed against the architect, the contractor and numerous sub-contractors. The medical group that owned the building had extensive damages in connection with loss of income while the building was being retrofitted to meet earthquake standards. Mr. Abrams was instrumental in providing quantification of the plaintiff's damages for loss of income and other damages in connection with the case. With the assistance of Mr. Abrams, the plaintiffs were able to settle the litigation for a substantial sum. I would recommend Mr. Abrams for any type of expert valuation issues. Very truly yours,

Miller, Monson, Peshel, Polacek & Hoshaw
Thomas M. Monson
San Diego, CA


"Extremely Sophisticated Work for the Ralphs Grocery Family"

To Whom It May Concern:

I recently had the pleasure of working with Abrams Valuation Group, Inc. on a complex assignment. We are the founding family of Ralph's Grocery Company and are currently developing a 3,600 acre master-planned community in San Diego County.

Jay Abrams and Chaim Borevitz worked closely with us on one valuation project. I found them to be extremely sophisticated in their work, with a keen attention to both the big picture and the minute details.

Jay had to interface with a fairly large number of family members, company employees, and professionals and did an excellent job of keeping everyone informed and making sure to keep up the momentum on the assignment to bring it to a timely completion. Beyond the pure technical valuation analysis, he was also careful to point out important strategic questions and considerations to help us in our decision-making. As such, his input was invaluable to us.

I intend to use Abrams Valuation Group, Inc. for our valuation needs in the future, and I can wholeheartedly recommend them to others.

Sincerely yours,

Linda Ralphs, CEO
4-S Ranch Company


AVGI's work "saved our client $10 million"

We have worked with Jay Abrams and his firm, Abrams Valuation Group, Inc., on a number of assignments. A recent acquisition in which we worked together involved tremendous time pressure, as the closing of a transaction of nearly $100 million depended on his valuation. We were attorneys for the seller in this transaction.

There was significant pressure from the buyer and some key people in the seller for the latter to forego being paid for a certain asset that appeared to be worthless, i.e., to cede it to the buyer for nothing. Mr. Abrams' analysis showed that asset to be worth close to $1 million, and subsequent events have indicated his analysis to be correct. That enabled us to prevail in our negotiations with the buyer and get paid for the asset.

In the same transaction, the seller had been in R&D on a technology that would have led to a product that appeared to have significant value. The buyer was uninterested in that technology, as it did not fit in its business profile. Some members of the seller's Management wanted to spin off the technology to its stockholders in order to pursue the technology, produce the product, and preserve that value for the stockholders; however, that was causing delays in the acquisition that caused some danger to the acquisition process. While we had only asked Mr. Abrams to value the technology, which he did, he provided us with additional analysis that made it crystal clear that pursuing the spinoff was really risking a net $9 million in transaction value to the seller. After seeing his report, the Board of Directors was able to come to swift, unanimous decision to jettison a project that was jeopardizing a $100 million sale and had far less value than we thought.

The team at Abrams Valuation Group, Inc. worked long hours at a very fast pace to comply with our short deadlines, and their work saved our client $10 million.

Sincerely yours,

H.A., Esq. (Name withheld, as company policy forbids it)


"I Bought the Business for 30% of the Offering Price"

To Whom It May Concern: In 1990, I was offered an opportunity to buy this business. To determine if that price was reasonable, I engaged Jay Abrams to value the business.

After his initial work, without yet having the benefit of speaking to the seller, Mr. Abrams calculated a tentative value. At this point, he offered me a choice-he could take a slightly more passive role and merely write a valuation report for both buyer and seller to read, or he could actively work with the seller to explain his report and actually negotiate on our behalf. I chose the latter.

Initially, the seller initially was hostile and did not appreciate an expert telling her that her business was worth less than one-quarter of her offering price. However, Mr. Abrams worked with the seller to educate her in how an expert values a business and showed her how to impact the valuation by refining and improving the assumptions.

The bottom line is that I bought the business for 30% of the offering price-a 70% reduction in price. I was delighted with Mr. Abrams' skills in valuation, education, and negotiation. I can heartily recommend his as a business valuation expert.

Sincerely yours,

John Pullen, Ph.D.

Center for Help for Anxiety/Agorophobia through New Growth Experiences (CHAANGE)

next page | back to the Top