Scott David Hakala

Scott David Hakala, is an expert from Dallas, Texas. He is a business consulting and business valuation experience, concentrating on complex financial analyses. His expertise are Valuation analyses; management, financing, and estate planning; reasonable compensation analyses; intercompany transfer pricing etc. He specialized as an economist in monetary/macro theory, financial economics (including valuation theory), and international finance. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA-awarded by the CFA Institute)-the most difficult to obtain and premier designation for the financial advisory and valuation profession. Dr. Hakala earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1989 and completed his Bachelor of Arts from Economics University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Hakala has more than 20 years’ experience in this fields. Dr. Hakala has performed hundreds of business valuations involving closely held common stock, preferred stock, options, intellectual property and other tangible and intangible assets. His work has involved advising numerous clients on prospective transactions involving business and business related assets, including providing fairness opinions, solvency opinions and financial accounting analysis. As an expert witness, Dr. Hakala has provided deposition and courtroom testimony in matters relating to shareholder values, tax valuations, bankruptcy and economic damages. He works as a Principal in Value Scope, Inc. Assistant professor of Economics at Southern Methodist University.