Executive summary
Bryan Benoit is the national managing partner for the Corporate Value Consulting practice in the United States and is a principal in Grant Thornton Financial Advisors LLC, providing fairness opinions and other board services. Bryan also leads the Energy Advisory practice of Grant Thornton LLP.
Bryan specializes in providing opinions to U.S. and international corporations for transaction, tax, financial reporting and dispute purposes. With 30 years of experience in corporate finance, restructuring, accounting and valuation, Bryan advises chief financial and accounting officers, tax executives, boards of directors and legal counsel, and provides opinions on value.
Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Bryan was managing director in charge of the Houston office of Duff & Phelps (formerly Standard & Poor’s) and a partner in the international accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Bryan has authored a number of published works and seminars on valuation. He has been published and quoted in Bloomberg M&A and Intellectual Property Law, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business School case studies, and other publications.
Industries
- Energy
- Healthcare
- Hospitality and restaurants
- Healthcare
- Private equity
- Technology and telecommunication
- Real estate and construction
- Banking
- Insurance
- Food and beverage
Service experience
- Advisory
- Transaction
- Business consulting
- Valuation
- Restructuring & turnarounds
- Strategic federal tax
- International tax
- Private wealth services
Professional qualifications and memberships
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)
Certified Licensing Professional (CLP)
Securities License (Series 65)
Presentations and publications
Author, “A Wealth of Information in Financial Disclosures May Be Useful in Intellectual Property Litigation,” Bloomberg Law Reports, Sept. 15, 2008, Vol. 2, No. 37.
Co-author, “SFAS 157: An Overview of Fair Value and Valuation Standards for Intangibles,” Business Valuation Review, Winter 2007, Vol. 26, Issue 4, pp. 106–110.
Co-author, “Avoiding the Patent Storm,” Intellectual Asset Management, October/November 2006.
Author, “From Financial Statements to Financings,” The Deal, Jan. 26, 2004.
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Education
MBA, Finance and Accounting, Louisiana State University
BS, cum laude, Computer Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette