The New International Private Equity & Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines
February 24, 2019
The International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines Board recently published the 2018 edition of the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines. (the Guidelines).
We expect that private equity and venture capital fund managers and private equity investors would find the latest version of the Guidelines very helpful given that the latest version incorporates the feedback and experience of industry practitioners in applying IFRS 13 and ASC Topic 820 (US GAAP), and other valuation guidance from 2015, which was when the last revision was done to the Guidelines was in 2015. A copy of the 2018 Guidelines is available here
For clarification and additional inquiries, please reach out to your Balogun Harold contact or write us via support@balogunharold.com.

Olu A.
LL.B. (UNILAG), B.L. (Nigeria), LL.M. (UNILAG), LL.M. (Reading, U.K.)
Olu is a Partner in the Firm’s Transactions & Policy Practice. Admitted as a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2009, he has spent over a decade advising clients on high-value transactions and policy matters at some of Nigeria’s leading law firms.
olu@balogunharold.com
Kunle A.
LL.B. (UNILAG), B.L. (Nigeria), LL.M. (UNILAG), Barrister & Solicitor (Manitoba)
Kunle is a Partner in the Firm’s Transactions & Policy Practice. Admitted as a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2009, he has spent over a decade advising clients on high-value transactions and policy matters at some of Nigeria’s leading law firms.
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