6th Virtual Expert Summit: Valuation on Trial: Deal Myths, Startup Fantasies, Legal Truths, and Risk Revolts

BVIUK’s 6th Virtual Expert Summit is not a lecture series. It’s a confrontation.

Across four global sessions, we expose the pressures, illusions, and deep tensions driving today’s most contentious valuation work.

From broken assumptions in post-M&A allocations, to speculative models for AI startups, to courtroom clashes and collapsing cost of capital norms—this summit enters the places where valuation is on trial, literally and figuratively.

We begin with the enduring myth that deal price equals asset value.

Mark Zyla moderates a session that dissects how intangible assets are separated, valued, and defended post-transaction, revealing what the deal didn’t say—and what the market later demands.

Next, Fernando Da Cruz Vasconcellos leads us through the fantasy-driven world of AI-heavy startups, where valuation often precedes substance. With no revenue, no IP protection, and a fluid business model, how do you ground a number that will stand up to scrutiny?

William Thomsen then enters the legal theatre. In this session, valuation becomes evidence. Expert testimony becomes a performance of credibility. Comparative jurisdictional insight lays bare the demands—and traps—of valuation in litigation.

Finally, Ashok Abbott moderates a high-voltage international debate on the cost of capital. As macroeconomic conditions mutate, consensus fractures. Inflation, country risk, and equity premiums are no longer theoretical adjustments—they are battlegrounds.

This is not a summit for spectators. It’s for professionals working where valuation must hold its ground—under pressure, across borders, and in full view.

You’re invited to the circle.

Valuation on Trial.