John A. Taylor

Managing Director
Financial and valuation analysis expert
Extensive experience giving expert testimony
Accredited Senior Appraiser and Certified Management Consultant (Operations, Strategy)
Los Angeles (Center Drive)
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John A. Taylor is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Los Angeles. He specializes in complex financial and valuation analysis for disputes and has served clients, and provided expert evidence, in venues around the world. His primary areas of concentration are valuing business entities and their equity instruments, intellectual property and intangible assets, vacant and improved property, common and preferred stock of closely held businesses, business damages and lost profits analyses, strategic alternatives analyses, reviewing appraisals relative to established professional standards, and preparing fairness and solvency opinions.

With more than 35 years of financial and valuation experience, Mr. Taylor has provided litigation support consulting and expert testimony in matters related to fair value, minority-interest buyouts, bankruptcy proceedings, damages analysis, post-transaction disputes, and royalty and intellectual property disputes. 

Mr. Taylor has worked with clients across various industries, including consumer products, energy, entertainment, financial services, gaming, healthcare, non-profits, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, private equity, professional services, real estate, retail, shipping and transportation, technology, telecommunications. He also serves as a joint/court-appointed independent financial expert/appraiser.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Taylor spent more than 15 years with Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Advisory Services in Los Angeles, serving most recently as Managing Director. He was the global practice leader for the Dispute Resolution Consulting & Financial Expert Opinions practice and a member of the firm’s Technical Standards Committee.

Mr. Taylor earned a bachelor’s degree in German from University of Missouri – St. Louis. He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers and has been Chair and Past Chair of the American Society of Appraisers’ Appraisal Review & Management Committee. Mr. Taylor is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) with the Institute of Management Consultants, was elected as a Practising Member to the Academy of Experts (MAE) and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) as a Chartered Business & Intangible Assets Valuation Surveyor.  

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