Our Team

LA Valuations brings together institutional valuation expertise and hands‑on operating and deal experience. Every engagement is led by a senior professional.

Abhi Mathews, CFA CBV ABV AM — Partner, LA Valuations

Abhi Mathews

CFA · CBV · ABV · AM

Partner

As a Chartered Business Valuator, Mr. Mathews has valued business interests, royalty interests, including overriding royalty interests, and partnership interests. He sat as a board member for a public serial acquirer in the sports management / crypto industry. Mr. Mathews sits on a few FINRA broker dealers/RIAs, assisting to raise capital for private entities and to co-manage discretionary portfolios. He has also assisted in raising while valuing convertible debt, venture debt/mezzanine financing, preferred shares, senior debt instruments, stock options, warrants and restricted share units. He has produced fairness opinions, which have been used for public companies trading on the NYSE, TSX, and TSX-V.

He graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor's in Accounting & Financial Management (BAFM), with a minor in Economics, and attended the University of Connecticut for the Master of Science in Accounting program. He currently sits as a member of the educational working body of the CFA Institute, member of the AICPA, member of the Estate Planning Council of Canada, member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, member of the CFA Society Dallas/Fort Worth, member of the CFA Society Miami, member of the San Antonio Chapter ASA, and a member of the Institute of Chartered Business Valuators. Abhi is a Chartered Business Valuator (2013) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (2014). He has completed the Series 7, 63, 79, and SIE with FINRA.

Mr. Mathews occasionally participates on the advisory board of private entities spanning industries from financial technology to legal services to asset management. He has been published in The Lawyers Daily, CAIA, Benzinga, Crunchbase, TalkMarkets, New Jersey News Journal, and other publications. During his spare time, Mr. Mathews is involved with local communities — he founded a children's not-for-profit in the Ontario region and served on the board of a not-for-profit focused on at-risk youth in Toronto.

Scott Wells

Scott Wells

CFA

Managing Partner – Los Angeles

Scott is a seasoned corporate banker, private credit investor and CFO with over two decades of experience structuring and underwriting middle‑market credit facilities, leading M&A processes and building finance organizations for investor‑backed companies.

Corrina Sheridan, CPA — LA Valuations

Corrina Sheridan

CPA · MS Accounting

Managing Director — Litigation & Transactions

Corrina Sheridan brings substantial litigation support experience spanning forensic accounting, damages analysis, and financial investigation in matters involving shareholder disputes, business divorces, breach of contract claims, fraud investigations, and contested negotiations. She has testified as an expert witness in California, Texas, and other jurisdictions, and works closely with legal counsel to develop clear, defensible financial analyses for litigation, arbitration, mediation, and settlement proceedings. Her work encompasses cash flow and solvency analysis, fund tracing, evaluation of financial representations, and assessment of economic damages and financial performance.

From an M&A and transaction perspective, Corrina Sheridan has advised closely held and multi-entity companies on buy-side and sell-side transactions, recapitalizations, and ownership transitions. She has supported transactions through financial due diligence, quality of earnings analysis, valuation support, and transaction modeling, and has advised management teams and owners on capital structure, liquidity planning, and deal readiness. In prior CFO and VP of Finance roles, she has led transaction-related financial workstreams and advised on financings, recapitalizations, and liquidity events totaling tens of millions of dollars.

Corrina Sheridan is a California-licensed Certified Public Accountant and holds a Master of Science in Accounting from Western Governors University. She is known for her practical, detail-driven approach and her ability to translate complex financial information into clear, supportable analyses relied upon by attorneys, executives, and decision-makers.