James Sieman

James Sieman serves as a Principal and Managing Director for the Financial Valuation & Consulting practice of Marshall & Stevens Incorporated. Mr. Sieman is responsible for all financial and multidisciplinary assignments in the Southeast Region.

Active in the valuation profession since 1998, Mr. Sieman provides financial valuation and consulting services to private sector clients and publicly traded companies in a broad range of industries as well as to government agencies. Areas of specialization include complex valuation studies and consulting engagements requiring a financial or multidiscipline approach relating to Fairness Opinions for mergers & acquisitions, intellectual and other intangible property for allocation (ASC 805) and transfer pricing, estate & succession planning and reporting, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), stock options, warrants, SARS, etc. (ASC 718/IRC 409a), recapitalizations and equity financing, bankruptcy, reorganization, divestitures, litigation support for dissolutions, stockholder and ad valorem disputes, and SEC and IRS Compliance.

Mr. Sieman received a B.S. degree in Finance from Purdue University. He attends numerous educational seminars in valuation theory and practice. Mr. Sieman is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers.