Sanli Pastore & Hill

What Sanli Pastore & Hill does

Sanli Pastore & Hill (SP&H) is a privately held financial consulting and expert services firm founded in 1992 by Nevin Sanli and Thomas Pastore. The firm specializes in business and intangible-asset valuations, forensic accounting and economic analysis, expert witness testimony and litigation support, fairness and solvency opinions, and transaction advisory services for mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations. It serves Fortune 1000 corporations, high-net-worth families, business owners, attorneys and law firms, and international clients through nine offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Sacramento, San Diego, Brussels, Lagos, Paris, Dubai, and Istanbul.

The firm operates an expert-driven, relationship-based professional services model built on a senior practitioner bench with credentials including ASA, CFA, CPA, and CMA designations. Its principals have each testified in over 60 trials and 200+ depositions, and the firm's team has been named as expert witnesses in over 1,000 court proceedings. Methodologies combine income, market, and cost approaches applied to business, brand, and intellectual property valuations, with conflicts-of-interest controls (non-contingent fees for fairness opinions) differentiating it from investment-bank advisory work.

Revenue is generated through fee-based professional engagements with pricing not publicly disclosed and structured on a quote basis around complexity, scope, and deliverable. The go-to-market is consultative and referral-driven, supported by the IR Global professional services network, continuing legal education seminars at bar and accounting associations, and thought-leadership content on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. The firm remains founder-controlled with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, M&A, or parent company.

Name

Sanli Pastore & Hill

Legal name

Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc.

Website

https://sphvalue.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sanli Pastore & Hill is a US-founded, privately held financial consulting and expert services firm providing business and IP valuations, forensic accounting, expert witness testimony, fairness opinions, and transaction advisory to Fortune 1000 companies, law firms, and high-net-worth clients across its nine global offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Valuation and Financial Advisory Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness (Valuation-Related) (BPAHANAG)

Keywords

• Business valuation services
• Expert witness testimony
• Forensic accounting services
• Litigation support
• Fairness solvency opinions

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Expert Testimony & Litigation Support: Revenue generated from providing expert witness testimony and litigation consulting services for economic and financial issues in legal proceedings. Services include depositions, trial testimony, and litigation support.
2. Business, Brand & IP Valuations: Fees for comprehensive valuation services for businesses, intangible assets, intellectual property, brands, patents, and trademarks used for M&A, succession planning, estate and gift tax reporting.
3. Transaction Advisory Services: Strategic advisory services for complicated business transactions including assessing offers, analyzing terms, negotiating deals, due diligence support, and closing assistance. Serviced over 50 transaction situations.
4. Fairness & Solvency Opinions: Independent financial opinions for mergers, acquisitions, buybacks, and privatizations. Also includes solvency analysis for bankruptcy court proceedings.
5. Forensic Accounting & Economics: Forensic financial analysis services for shareholder disputes, marital dissolutions, lost profit calculations, breach of contract, and fraud detection.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Sanli Pastore & Hill is a financial consulting and expert services firm that delivers expert witness testimony, forensic accounting and economic analysis, business/brand/IP valuations, fairness and solvency opinions, and transaction advisory services. The firm specializes in high-stakes matters for attorneys, business owners, Fortune 1000 companies, high-net-worth families, and courts, applying income, market, and cost approach methodologies that hold up to cross-examination, regulatory review, and tax authority scrutiny.

Product overview

Sanli Pastore & Hill (SP&H) is a financial consulting and expert services firm offering a unified portfolio of valuation and litigation support services. The core offerings include Expert Testimony & Litigation Opinions, Forensic Accounting, Finance & Economics, Business/Brand/IP Valuations, Fairness & Solvency Opinions, and Transaction Advisory Services. These services are supported by specialized sub-services for Brand Valuation, Intellectual Property Valuation, and Business Valuation, all utilizing industry-standard methodologies including income, market, and cost approaches. Founded in 1992, the firm serves clients across offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, Chicago, Brussels, Lagos, Paris, Dubai, and Istanbul.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Expert Testimony & Litigation Opinions Expert witness and litigation support services including quantification of losses and damages, economic damages analysis, business valuations during alleged damage periods, lost profits calculations, intellectual property infringement analysis, and expert testimony in court proceedings. For attorneys, litigants, and courts needing credible financial opinion evidence.
• Forensic Accounting, Finance & Economics Forensic accounting, finance, and economic research and analysis services for detecting financial malfeasance, fraud prevention, shareholder disputes, marital dissolutions, trust and probate litigation, lost profit calculations, breach of contract, and theft analysis. For clients requiring defensible financial research in mission-critical situations.
• Business, Brand & IP Valuations Comprehensive valuation services for businesses, brands, patents, trademarks, intellectual property, and intangible assets for transactions, tax planning, estate planning, and litigation purposes. For business owners, corporations, and high-net-worth families.
• Fairness & Solvency Opinions Independent fairness and solvency opinions for mergers, acquisitions, buybacks, and privatizations, including bankruptcy court valuations, litigation support, and debt analysis. Fees are not contingent on transaction close. For boards, special committees, and courts requiring conflict-free opinions.
• Transaction Advisory Services Strategic advisory services for business transactions including assessing and negotiating offers, due diligence preparation, purchase agreement review, and closing financial analysis. The firm has assisted business owners and management in over 50 transaction situations.
• Brand Valuation Services Trademark and brand value assessments using cost, market, and income approaches to determine brand worth for licensing, sale, financing, and litigation purposes.
• Intellectual Property Valuation Services Robust appraisals of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and technology using income, market, and cost approaches for licensing, sale, litigation, and tax compliance.
• Business Valuation Services Fact-based business valuations using income, market, and asset-based approaches for mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, exit strategies, and estate and gift tax reporting.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 court proceedings as named expert witnesses
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IR GlobalminorOthersSanli Pastore & Hill is a member of IR Global, a professional services network. This membership provides referral opportunities and enables cross-border service delivery for international client engagements.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stout: Stout is a global advisory firm specializing in valuation, financial opinions, forensic accounting and litigation support — closely overlapping SP&H's core service lines. Both compete directly for expert witness and business valuation engagements.
• Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps): Kroll's Valuation Services and Dispute and Investigations practices deliver business/IP valuations, forensic accounting and expert testimony. It is a direct competitor to SP&H in litigation support and fairness opinion work, with a broader global footprint.
• FTI Consulting: FTI's Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment competes directly with SP&H in expert testimony, damages quantification and forensic accounting. Both serve Fortune 1000 clients and law firms in high-stakes disputes and transactions.
• Alvarez & Marsal: A&M's Disputes and Investigations practice offers expert witness testimony, valuation, forensic accounting and transaction advisory — directly overlapping SP&H's portfolio. Comparable client base of Fortune 1000 and distressed situations.
• Valuation Research Corporation: VRC is a dedicated business valuation firm serving M&A, tax, financial reporting and litigation matters. Closely comparable to SP&H's valuation and fairness opinion practices.
• Ankura Consulting: Ankura's Disputes & Economics practice provides expert witness services, forensic accounting, damages analysis and valuation. Directly comparable to SP&H's litigation support and forensic service lines.
• J.S. Held: J.S. Held provides expert witness, forensic accounting, valuation and dispute consulting services. Comparable niche professional services firm competing in litigation support and complex valuations.

Broad incumbents

• BDO USA: BDO's Valuation & Business Analytics practice provides business and intangible asset valuations for tax, transaction and litigation purposes. Larger incumbent with broader portfolio than SP&H's focused expert-witness model.
• Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey's Financial Advisory Services include valuation, fairness opinions and transaction opinions as part of a broader investment banking platform. Overlaps with SP&H's fairness and solvency opinion work but serves a much wider capital markets client base.
• Deloitte Forensic & Dispute Services: Deloitte's FDS practice offers forensic investigations, dispute consulting, expert testimony and valuation services as part of a Big 4 portfolio. Competes with SP&H on enterprise-level litigation support mandates, but with vastly broader scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sanlipastorehil
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCs4dxzcIje9VpWbrQMAw4wA
• Facebookfacebook.com/192422610802501
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sanli-pastore-&-hill-inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/sanlipastorehill

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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