Jerry M. Chang

Jerry’s representative professional experience includes:

• Served as a valuation and financial advisor to a client related to the acquisition of multiple business entities and related assets. Assistance included valuation of businesses, assets, and service agreements for transaction planning and regulatory compliance purposes, as well as financial modeling services and negotiation assistance.
• Served as a valuation advisor to a client contemplating a strategic joint venture with a business unit of another business entity. Assistance included valuing two businesses to ascertain the relative fair market value split between the two potential joint venture partners.
• Assisted a special healthcare district’s board of directors with sell-side advisory and performed a fairness opinion related to the sale of a health plan business and related assets to a strategic buyer. Jerry is a FINRA-registered representative with Ankura Capital Advisors, LLC (Series 63 and 79).
• Served as a valuation and financial advisor to a state attorney general related to a for-profit company acquiring a nonprofit entity, which helped the attorney general decide whether the nonprofit entity was selling its assets for full and fair market value, as well as the appropriateness of other transaction provisions. Jerry has worked on projects requiring state attorney general review in various states, with experience as an expert for the state attorney general and for transacting parties applying for attorney general review and approval.
• Serving as preferred valuation advisor to a multi-national defense company for financial reporting (FASB ASC 805/350) and tax compliance purposes. Assistance includes valuing various businesses and a wide variety of marketing, customer, contract, and technology-related intangible assets.
• Served as a business valuation expert witness in a federal court case. Assistance included writing a Rule 26 report, providing a deposition, and court testimony. Jerry has served as a valuation expert witness in over fifteen (15) state, federal, and/or arbitration court cases.
• Served as the director of corporate development for a profitable, publicly-traded Internet company focused on external growth initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions and strategic partnerships.