T.J. Hope is a Managing Director in the Valuation Advisory group. He has more than 15 years of experience providing a broad range of valuation advice spanning a range of industries and for numerous purposes. In the cannabis space, Mr. Hope has provided valuation advice for management planning, estate and gift tax reporting, shareholder disputes, and transactions. His work has been completed for both single-state license owners and MSOs, and has included growers, processors, dispensaries, and vertically-integrated operations.
In addition, Mr. Hope has completed numerous transaction opinions including fairness opinions and solvency opinions for mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, related-party deals, and other types of transactions.
Mr. Hope’s professional experience also includes time he spent at Blue Point Capital Partners, a middle market private equity fund, where he gained significant principal investing experience. His responsibilities included financial modeling; capital raising for acquisitions; legal documentation of transactions; business, market and industry due diligence on target companies; and the support of portfolio company executive management in acquisitions, refinancings, and strategic planning.