ValueScope, Inc. is excited to announce that Tom McNulty joined the firm on April 27, 2020 as a Principal and Managing Director who will launch our Houston Office. Tom’s responsibilities include financial consulting, valuation analysis, transaction and dispute advisory, and expert testimony. In addition to serving as the Managing Director of the Houston office, Tom will assume the position of Energy Practice Leader.
Tom McNulty has 25 years of experience working across numerous industries as well as the entire energy value chain. He draws on a rare combination of industry, banking, consulting, and government experience to provide his clients with transaction, financial advisory, litigation, and valuation opinion services. Tom is a nationally recognized energy industry expert and is a frequent contributor on CNBC, Fox Business, and Bloomberg TV. In addition to his deep knowledge and experience in the energy industry, Tom is well respected for his expertise in derivatives pricing and valuation. As an advisor, and in his corporate career, Tom has delivered more than $52 billion in transaction, valuation, restructuring, and litigation projects, much of which is energy related. He has also advised on, or executed, $13 billion in M&A and principal investment deals, and executed or valued more than $14 billion notional in derivative instruments. His expert litigation work has included shareholder disputes, business valuation, derivatives and hedging, bankruptcy and restructuring matters, and economic damages assessments.
Tom holds the prestigious CQF (Certificate of Quantitative Finance) and FRM (Financial Risk Management) designations and received his BA from Yale University and MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School with various honors.
Tom can be reached at tmcnulty@valuescopeinc.com and at 832-472-3717.
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Mr. McNulty has delivered more than $52 billion in energy-related transaction, valuation, restructuring, and litigation projects. He has advised on, or executed, $13 billion in M&A and principal investment deals, and executed or valued more than $14 billion notional in derivative instruments. As a merchant banker, he helps management teams grow businesses through acquisitions. He provides introductions to private capital sources, including family offices, and advises clients on valuation, risk management, and transaction structuring issues.
Transaction Advisory Services: Mr. McNulty's corporate, banking, legal, and private capital clients benefit from his broad and deep Energy M&A Experience and Expertise. He delivers services customized to the transaction at hand. He and his team expertly provide appraisals and valuations that are essential for the financial reporting and taxation requirements that all transactions generate. All segments of the Energy Complex are covered.
- Fairness Opinions and Solvency Opinions
- Buy-side, Sell-side, and Merger advisory services
- Deal Screening and Target Identification
- Quality of Earnings analysis and reports
- Market-sizing and commercial due diligence
- Appraisal and Valuation
| - Operational, financial, and technical due diligence
- Complex financial modeling
- 100-day operating plans
- Valuation Services for GAAP Application and Taxation
- Interim management (CEO/CFO/CRO/COO)
- Transaction Support (“arms and legs”)
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Commercial Analytics - Mr. McNulty works closely with energy clients to help them solve the business, competition, market, performance, and strategy challenges that they face in a rapidly changing global energy environment. Given the volatile nature of energy commodity businesses, he often helps his clients to implement Predictive Analytics and Probabilistic/Stochastic Modeling for their strategy and transaction work.
- Feasibility Studies for Energy Capital Investments
- Stochastic Analysis-Portfolio Optimization
- ESG Analytics
- Advanced Statistical Analysis for Project Evaluations
- PHDWin analytics for investing, hedging, lending, and for M&A deals
- PWERM analysis
| - Commodity Curve Development
- Business Case Analysis
- Competitor Studies
- Market and Strategic Assessments
- Red Team Studies
- Predictive Analytics with @RISK
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Background Experience - Mr. McNulty studied military and diplomatic history at Yale, where he was a varsity football letterman. Following graduation, he went to work on Wall Street with Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. (“BBH”), the nation’s oldest private bank. He was a Federal funds and Eurodollar trader, and also worked in the bank’s international treasury department. During his time with BBH he was selected for training in the elite US Foreign Service, and was commissioned a Foreign Service Officer in November 1990. Volunteering for critical threat postings, Mr. McNulty served tours of duty in Southeast Asia and in Russia. He was a Staff Officer at headquarters in Washington DC, where he worked on energy security issues. He left the Foreign Service to pursue his MBA at Northwestern University, where he studied Analytical Finance and Accounting.
Following business school, Mr. McNulty moved to Houston and worked with three Fortune 100 energy companies: Enron International, Duke Energy, and Plains All American. At all three companies he worked on the M&A teams and in Corporate Treasury. These roles involved transaction due diligence, strategic planning, corporate finance, risk management, and market analysis responsibilities. Mr. McNulty's career has also included substantial cross-border work in Asia, Europe, and in Latin America. His corporate experience, in particular, enhances his ability to advise clients with complex transaction, litigation, valuation, and business strategy challenges. More specifically, Mr. McNulty is an expert in treasury operations, post-merger integration, and value harvesting.
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