James (“Jimmy”) Cook practices out of the Atlanta office of Cushman & Wakefield as a Senior Director in the Valuation & Advisory group with more than 15 years of valuation experience. He has extensive experience performing valuations of businesses and ownership interests, intangible assets, commercial real estate and fixed assets. Jimmy has conducted valuations for clients related to mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting compliance (e.g., ASC 805/820/350/360), noncontrolling interests, corporate restructuring, ESOPs (fairness opinions and annual equity valuations), finance underwriting, litigation support, estate and gift tax planning, public water utilities, and other commercial valuation purposes. 

Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Jimmy was a vice president at a boutique valuation firm, where he focused on business valuation and advisory for small and middle-market companies related to ESOPs, financial reporting, and tax planning. Before that, James was a senior manager in the valuation services practice of a Big 4 accounting and advisory firm, where he specialized in financial reporting valuations for public and private companies. He also has significant experience advising international clients and spent part of his career based in London and Tokyo in a corporate finance and valuation role.

Jimmy holds the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation, with a focus on business valuations, from the American Society of Appraisers. He is also a licensed Certified General Appraiser in multiple states. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Master of Business Administration from the Johnson School at Cornell University.