Speakers
Z. Christopher Mercer, ASA, CFA
mercerc@mercercapital.com » 901.685.2120 
Chris Mercer is the founder and CEO of Mercer Capital, one of the leading business valuation and investment banking firms in the nation. Chris has been valuing businesses – and helping people buy and sell them – for more than 30 years. He has served on the boards of directors of several private companies as well as one public company. He is a Member of the Board of Advisors of the Family Enterprise Center at Stetson University. Chris is a noted authority on business valuation and a prolific author, having written eight books and more than one hundred articles. His two latest books are Business Valuation: An Integrated Theory, 2nd Edition (with Travis W. Harms, CFA, CPA/ABV) and Buy-Sell Agreements: Ticking Time Bombs or Reasonable Resolutions? He has been speaking for many years and typically addresses national groups of business owners and directors, attorneys, accountants, financial planners, and business appraisers.
Timothy R. Lee, ASA
leet@mercercapital.com » 901.322.9740 
Tim Lee is a senior vice president and is a member of the firm’s board of directors. Tim provides valuation and corporate advisory services for purposes including mergers and acquisitions, employee stock ownership plans, profit sharing plans, estate and gift tax planning and compliance matters, limited and general partnerships, corporate planning and reorganizations. Tim has extensive experience in working with both sellers and buyers in merger and acquisition advisory engagements. He has assisted clients through all phases of the sales process, from conducting strategic alternatives analyses to determine if selling is indeed the best option, to structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions. In addition, Tim provides litigation support in cases involving dissenting shareholder rights, marital dissolution, tax matters, and other shareholder conflicts. Tim has broad industry experience providing corporate valuation and investment banking services to hundreds of companies in an array of industries. Noteworthy industry experience includes, but is not limited to, beer wholesalers, computer hardware, computer software and consulting, construction, food services, general and specialty contracting, distribution companies, financial services, food processing and retail, heavy equipment, manufacturing, technology companies, trucking & transportation, and wood processing.
Matthew R. Crow, ASA, CFA
crowm@mercercapital.com » 901.322.9728 
Matt Crow is president of Mercer Capital, one of the leading independent business appraisal firms in the country. Mercer Capital provides business valuation and investment banking services to a national and international clientele. Matt’s practice focuses on corporate valuation, valuation for financial reporting, and transaction consulting and advisory services. He is experienced in the valuation of intangible assets, options, and assets subject to specific contractual restrictions, as well as having valued and advised hundreds of companies across dozens of industries. In addition, Matt is a co-author of Valuation for Impairment Testing (Peabody Publishing, LP, 2001).
…………………………………………………………………… To book one of these speakers, contact Barbara Walters Price at priceb@mercercapital.com or at 901.685.2120.
