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About Trischuk Valuations and Litigation Support business valuations
Our Expertise
Rick Trischuk, CPA, CA, CBV
Principal, Trischuk Valuations
Areas of Practice
Business Valuations
· Shareholder disputes
· Matrimonial settlements/disputes
· Valuations for income tax purposes (estate freeze/shareholder reorganizations)
· Assistance with acquisitions and divestitures
· Valuation of intangibles and goodwill impairment testing for financial reporting purposes
· Fairness opinions
Quantification of economic losses and Litigation Support
· Losses from breach of contract
· Business interruption losses
· Calculation of Guideline Income in accordance with the Federal Child Support Guidelines
· Review of corporate solvency/insolvency
· Personal injury claims
· Misappropriation of funds investigations
Professional Experience
Rick focuses on providing valuations and litigation support services, including valuations, damages/loss quantification, Guideline Income calculations, forensic investigations and other litigation related financial services. He has been qualified as an expert witness, and testified, in the Court of Queen’s/King’s Bench of Alberta in the areas of quantification of economic losses, business valuation, and Guideline Income calculations. Rick has also testified at numerous arbitrations, participated in numerous mediations and, and testified as an investigator before a tribunal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta in a disciplinary hearing.
Rick is also a member of the Association of Collaborative Professionals (Calgary), and is trained in mediation and the collaborative process to settling disputes. Rick has performed numerous joint retainers within a collaborative process.
Rick also has experience providing valuation services relating to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, purchase-price allocations, intangible asset impairment testing, and shareholder reorganizations. Rick has been providing valuation and litigation support services for over 20 years.
Expert Witness Testimony Experience
· Birkenbach Estate (Re), 2015 ABQB 3, ES01 105829 – Estate litigation, economic loss quantification
· Koch v Koch, 2017 ABQB 596 and 2020 ABQB 65, 4801 142624 – Business valuation and guideline income
· Cremers v Cremers, ABQB 2022, 4810 179967 (reasons delieverd orally) - Business valuation and guideline income
· Miller v Miller, ABQB 2022, 4801 – 157923 (reasons delieverd orally) – Guideline income