By Bill Anderson, FCCA, Chief Executive Officer — Assetica, Dubai, UAE
Definition: Assetica provides independent business valuations to the professional advisers clients trust first: law firms, accountants and tax advisers, business brokers and wealth managers across the UAE. Because Assetica does not audit, file tax returns or broke deals, a referral never conflicts with your own engagement, and the referred client remains yours. Reports are prepared to RICS and IVS standards in five to seven business days.
Lawyers and litigators, for shareholder disputes, matrimonial and estate matters and joint expert instructions before the DIFC and ADGM courts. Accountants and tax advisers, for arm’s length valuations the FTA can test, delivered without any audit or filing conflict. Business brokers and M&A advisers, for the defensible asking price behind a mandate. Wealth managers and family offices, for discreet succession and portfolio valuations with direct senior access.
Independence: no audit, no brokerage, no conflict. Speed: standard reports in five to seven business days, expedited in two to three where a hearing or completion date demands it. Standards: every report to RICS and IVS, formatted for the courts, the FTA, banks or buyers. And the client stays yours: no cross-selling, ever.
Adviser referrals sit within Assetica’s core business valuation in Dubai practice, alongside M&A and transaction valuation, financial due diligence and our work on shareholder dispute valuations.
Why do law and accounting firms refer valuations to Assetica?
Because independence is the whole product. Assetica does not audit, does not file tax returns and does not broke deals, so a referral never creates a conflict with your own engagement and never puts your client relationship at risk. Reports are prepared to RICS and IVS standards by senior valuers, in five to seven business days, and are formatted for the audience that will read them: the courts, the FTA, banks or buyers.
Can Assetica act as a single joint expert in a dispute?
Yes. We regularly act on joint instructions where both sides appoint one independent valuer, which is often the fastest route to settling a shareholder or matrimonial dispute. The instruction letter defines the scope, both parties receive the same report, and the methodology is disclosed in full so either side can examine it.
Will Assetica approach or cross-sell to a referred client?
No. The referred client remains yours. We complete the valuation engagement and hand back. We do not offer audit, tax filing, legal or brokerage services, so there is nothing for us to cross-sell, and we are happy to work through you rather than directly with the client where you prefer it.
How quickly can a report be delivered for a court or completion deadline?
Standard delivery is five to seven business days from complete documentation. Where a hearing date or completion deadline is fixed, expedited delivery in two to three business days is available, and we will tell you honestly at the scoping call whether the deadline is achievable.
How do referral arrangements work?
Simply. Most advisers refer on reputation: they need a valuer whose report will hold up, and their name is attached to the recommendation. We protect that. There are no formal tie-ins required, a scoping call costs nothing, and where a firm refers regularly we can agree standing terms, priority turnaround and a named senior contact.