FADY F. BEBAWY
Fady F. Bebawy is a vice president with Houlihan Lokey. He has worked on all types of valuation, litigation, damages, expert testimony, and forensic analysis engagements for the firm.
Fady has performed the following types of valuation and economic analyses: business and succession planning valuations, acquisition purchase price allocation valuations, goodwill impairment analyses, restricted stock valuations, waterfall analysis of companies with a complex capital structure, reasonableness of compensation analyses, transfer price analyses, merger and acquisition valuations, fairness opinions, solvency opinions, economic damages analyses, and employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) employer stock valuations.
He has prepared these valuation and economic analyses for the following purposes: tax planning and compliance (income, gift, and estate), forensic analysis and dispute resolution, financial reporting, transaction planning (acquisition, divestiture, liquidation, and recapitalization), fiduciary compliance, and management information and strategic planning.
Fady has valued the following types of business entities, securities, and assets: public corporations, close corporations, close corporation fractional ownership interests, start-up/early stage corporations, intangible assets (including intellectual property), general and limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests, not-for-profit companies, restricted equity and debt securities, preferred stock, proprietorships, and options and warrants.
He has performed valuations, and arm’s-length royalty rate/transfer price, analyses related to the following types of intangible assets: customer contracts, customer lists and customer relationships, employment contracts, goodwill, licenses, technology, in process research and development, covenants not to compete, patents, trained and assembled workforces, trade names, trademarks, and training manuals and documentation.
Fady has performed business valuations, economic analyses, and/or financial advisory services for clients in the following industries: apparel, auto parts manufacturing and distribution, beverage distribution, chemical processing, commercial banking, consumer finance, commercial and residential construction, commercial real estate holding and management, computer and systems consulting, consumer products, defense contracting, door-knob and door-handle distribution, educational services, electrical equipment manufacturing, energy, entertainment and recreation, environmental and engineering consulting, equipment leasing, food brokerage and distribution, food processing and retailing, furniture and household product manufacturing and retailing, general contracting, home improvement product retailing and manufacturing, insurance underwriting and brokerage, internet services and consulting, investment banking, investment holdings, investment management and brokerage, lamination and film production, marketing and incentive services, mattress and bedding manufacturing, mechanical equipment manufacturing, metal product fabrication, metals distribution, mining, mobile data communications, mortgage banking, mortgage brokerage, multi-family real estate holding and management, nonmetal product fabrication, oil and gas exploration, production, and marketing, paint and specialty coating manufacturing, pet supplies distribution, pharmaceuticals, printing and publishing, printer and label manufacturing, real estate development and brokerage, restaurant, software development, specialty packaging, sporting goods retailing, transportation and trucking, travel agencies, wireless equipment manufacturing, and wireline and wireless telecommunication services.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Fady was a vice president at Willamette Management Associates, BDO Valuation Advisors and Duff & Phelps. Fady also held positions with Huron Consulting Group, Andersen, and J.P. Morgan.
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration, finance, economics, and international business, Booth Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
Bachelor of Science, accounting, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Certified Management Accountant (“CMA”)—Institute of Management Accountants
Accredited Senior Appraiser in business valuation (“ASA”)—American Society of Appraisers
Fady is a member of the following organizations:
American Society of Appraisers
LA Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers
Fady has served on the following boards:
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Board of Trustees
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Executive Committee
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Finance Committee
William Fremd High School, Business Incubator Course, Board Member of the Panel of Judges
PUBLICATIONS
“A Primer on Valuation Considerations in Bankruptcy.” Willamette Management Associates Insights, Winter 2020.
“A Primer on the Fundamental Elements of Economic Damages.” Willamette Management Associates Insights, Summer 2018.
“A Closer Look at Volatility in Stock Option Valuations.” Willamette Management Associates Insights, Autumn 2016.
“Symposium—What Estate and Trust Counsel Say About the Current State of Estates and Trusts.” Willamette Management Associates Insights, Winter 2016.
“The Five Marketability Forces Framework.” Trusts & Estates, January 2016.
“Gift Tax, Estate Tax, and Generation-Skipping Tax Valuation Insights.” Willamette Management Associates Insights, Autumn 2014.
“Charitable Contributions of Complex Assets.” Trusts & Estates, October 2013.
“Considerations of the Built-In Gain (“BIG”) Tax Liability Discount During the S Corporation Conversion Recognition Period.” Willamette Management Associates Insights, Spring 2013.
PRESENTATIONS
4/16 “Valuation: Beyond the Basics – Five Marketability Forces and the IRS Job Aid on S Corporations”
Sponsor: ACTEC Ohio Fellows Meeting
3/14 “What Business Lawyers Should Know About Intangible Asset Valuation”
Sponsor: ALI-CLE teleseminar