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Andrew K. Gibbs joined Mercer Capital in 1999 and currently serves as a senior vice president and the leader of Mercer Capital’s Financial Institutions Team. Mercer Capital is a premier business valuation and investment banking firm serving a national and international clientele.Mercer Capital provides business valuation services for a wide variety of needs, including but not limited to corporate valuation services, tax compliance, litigation support, financial statement reporting compliance, and employee stock ownership plans. Clients range from public to private, from smaller companies to large multi-nationals in a broad range of industries as well as numerous governmental agencies. In addition, Mercer Capital provides investment banking and corporate advisory services including sell-side and buy-side merger & acquisition representation, fairness opinions, solvency opinions, business interest and securities valuation, and board presentations, among others. Mr. Gibbs provides valuation and corporate advisory services to financial institutions for purposes including mergers and acquisitions, employee stock ownership plans, profit sharing plans, estate and gift tax planning and compliance matters, corporate planning and reorganizations Mr. Gibbs has experience working with financial institutions in merger and acquisition advisory engagements. He has assisted buyers in evaluating the attractiveness of acquisition candidates, determining a price for the target institution, structuring the transaction, and evaluating different forms of financing. For sell-side clients, Mr. Gibbs has analyzed the potential value that the institution may receive upon a sale, assisted in locating potential buyers, and participated in negotiating a final transaction price and merger agreement.Mr. Gibbs has also participated in projects in a litigated context, including tax disputes, dissenting shareholder actions, and employee stock ownership plan related matters.In addition, he actively participates in projects involving compliance with SFAS 141 and 142, which entail, for example, the identification and valuation of intangible assets under SFAS 141 and impairment testing under SFAS 142. | 