Karolina Calhoun

About Karolina Calhoun

Specialized in valuation, financial forensics, M&A advisory, forensic accounting, damages, and commercial litigation. Experience includes Big 4 Audit & Assurance (EY), investment banking, corporate finance and forensic accounting. Karolina serves as an national expert witness for complex financial matters related to valuation, lost profits, IP, shareholder disputes, damages, business litigation, commercial litigation, marital dissolution and further matters requiring financial, valuation and/or forensic accounting expertise. Karolina has testified over 25 times in local & national matters.Karolina served on the AIPCA Business Valuation Committee. She was the 2020 & 2021 Valuation Chair of the AICPA Forensic and Valuation Services Conference and also served on the AICPA’s CFF Task Force for credentialing.In 2018, Karolina was awarded the Forensic and Valuation Services (FVS) Standing Ovation award, presented by the AICPA to professionals for significant contributions. Karolina was on the Board of Directors of the Memphis Chapter of TSCPAs for six years and served as the President in 20••••20.Karolina is a contributing author to \'Financial Valuation: Applications and Models,\' which provides authoritative reference and practical guidance on the appropriate, defensible way to prepare and present business valuations. With contributions by 30 top experts in the field, this updated edition provides an essential resource for those seeking the most up-to-date methods, with a strong emphasis on applications and models.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Litigation Support, m & a Advisory

   Mercer Capital

   Dec 2013 — Present

   Mercer Capital is a national firm. We offer a range of services, including business valuation, financial reporting, M&A advisory, solvency and fairness opinions, forensic accounting services, QofE, litigation support and expert testimony-Litigation Support serves family law, business damages, lost revenue/profit, shareholder disputes (dissenting shareholders), corporate restructuring, tax-related issues, and further issues requiring corporate finance consulting and expert services-Financial Reporting serves merger & acquisition clients for transaction needs such as purchase price allocations, tradename valuations, and goodwill impairment-Valuations are provided for corporate valuation needs, ESOPs, fairness opinions, PE/VC portfolio companies, gift/estate/tax needs and transaction M&A events.

Education

• Rhodes College

  Masters of Science, Accounting, cum laude

• Rhodes College

  Bachelor of Arts, Business & Economics (double major), cum laude

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Financial Analysis
• Us Gaap
• Business Valuation
• Private Equity
• Financial Reporting
• Assurance
• Auditing
• Valuation
• Financial Modeling
• Cpa
• Accounting
• Analysis
• Ifrs
• Investment Banking