Weston Kirk

Biography

Weston has performed various types of valuation and economic analyses, including business and stock valuations, debt and promissory note valuations, employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) formation and adequate consideration analyses, fairness opinions, Internal Revenue Service audit rebuttals, litigation disputes and damages analyses, merger and acquisition valuations, undivided interests in real property valuations, and intellectual property analyses.

He has prepared these valuation and economic analyses for the following purposes: transaction pricing and structuring, taxation planning and compliance (including federal income tax, charitable income tax deduction, gift tax, estate tax, and generation-skipping transfer tax), ownership restructuring and recapitalization, buy-sell agreement planning and compliance, ESOP transaction and financing, tender offers, stock option offers, litigation consulting services, and strategic information and planning.

Weston has experience in the valuation of various types of business entities and interests, including: private family-owned businesses, private multiple-investor businesses, employee-owned businesses, publicly traded companies, preferred and common stock in complex capital structures, secured and unsecured notes, options and other derivative interests, conglomerates, general and limited partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests, limited company interests, professional practices, joint ventures, and foreign domiciled corporations.

He has performed business valuations in the following industries, among others: accounting, agricultural commodities (including, coffee, poultry, stone fruits, and tomatoes), architecture, asset management, beer and liquor distributors, boat manufacturing, biotechnology, chemicals, commercial banking, construction, consulting, convenience stores, cryptocurrency exchanges, defense contracting, department stores, e-commerce, energy (including, methane gas, oil and natural gas, and solar), foam production, food retail, furniture manufacturing, gaming and entertainment, grocery stores, hedge funds, lighting equipment, literary works and publishing, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, mining and aggregates, natural gas liquids production, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, precious metal recycling, private equity funds, race tracks, real estate, restaurants (including fine dining and quick-service restaurant franchises), software as a service, sports field construction, steel, technology (including information technology, software, and hardware), telecommunication, temporary staffing services, timberland, travel and leisure, trucking and logistics, utilities, waste management, and wholesale distribution.

Previous Experience

Weston was an intern in the Atlanta office of Willamette Management Associates prior to joining the firm as an associate.

Education

• Bachelor of Business Administration in finance, Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business (with honors)
• Certification in economics, Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Professional Affiliations

Weston holds the certified valuation analyst (“CVA”) designation of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (“NACVA”).

He was a member of the Balser Symposium committee and served as the 2021 committee chair, previously serving as the 2020 committee co-chair. The Balser Symposium is a program of the Philanthropic Advisor Partnership, a collaboration of the Atlanta Jewish Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta, and the United Way of Greater Atlanta.

Weston is chairman emeritus of the Panthers Immersion Programs alumni board, a board that benefits the Panthers on Wall Street, Panthers in the District, Panthers in the Valley, and Panthers in Charlotte programs of Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business Panther Immersion Programs. He is a frequent guest speaker for various college courses and other educational symposiums. He has served as a judge for the National Business Valuation Challenge and a reviewer for the Southeastern Hedge Fund Competition. He received the 2020 Georgia State University Alumni Association 40 Under 40 award and the 2023 Robinson College of Business Young Alumnus award.