Local qualification first
You must hold every licence, registration, certificate of practice and indemnity cover required in the country where the instruction is performed. Lapses suspend empanelment immediately.
Empanelment VAL-EMP-2026.1
Join the empanelled valuer panel — USD 100 per month or USD 1,000 per annum
A membership fee of USD 100 per month, or USD 1,000 per annum if paid as a lump sum, gives locally qualified valuers access to automatically allocated brand and IP valuation instructions across our jurisdictions. The panel is published anonymously — only your panel code, country and qualification class are shown. Allocation is automatic and non-exclusive, and there is no guarantee of work.
Conduct hierarchy
Country law first, then your professional body's ethics, then international valuation standards, then platform rules. Where standards differ, the stricter one prevails.
Platform only
Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC introduces and administers. It is not a valuer and accepts no responsibility or liability for any opinion, engagement or transaction outcome.
Empanelment agreement
Between the applicant valuer and Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC, 10124 N McKinley Ave, Kansas City, MO 64157, United States, signed for and on behalf by Mehul Shah, President.
1. Empanelment and term
Empanelment on the Ascen Mark valuer panel is granted for a term of 12 months against a membership fee of USD 100 per month, or USD 1,000 per annum if paid as a lump sum, payable in advance. Empanelment activates only once the fee is received and lapses if a payment is missed. The fee is an administrative listing and platform-access fee. It is non-refundable and does not purchase work, ranking, priority or any minimum volume of instructions.
2. Local qualification is a condition precedent
The valuer warrants that they hold, and will maintain throughout the term, every licence, registration, membership, certificate of practice, professional indemnity insurance and local qualification required to render valuation opinions in each country in which they accept an instruction. Loss, lapse, suspension or condition upon any such qualification must be notified within 5 business days and results in immediate suspension from the panel.
3. Professional conduct and ethics — order of precedence
The valuer shall at all times comply with (a) the law of the country in which the instruction is performed and of the country of the subject asset; then (b) the rules, code of ethics and disciplinary standards of the professional body regulating the valuer; then (c) recognised international valuation standards; then (d) this agreement and the platform rules. Country law prevails over professional body rules; where two standards apply, the higher, stricter or more protective standard prevails.
4. Independence and opinion in own name
Every valuation opinion is issued by the valuer in the valuer's own name, on the valuer's own letterhead, under the valuer's own professional responsibility and insurance. Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC does not review, adopt, endorse, countersign or take responsibility for the opinion, its methodology, assumptions or conclusions.
5. Automatic, non-exclusive allocation
Instructions are allocated automatically by the platform based on jurisdiction, qualification match, declared specialism, capacity, turnaround and service record. Allocation is at the sole discretion of the platform, is non-exclusive on both sides, and confers no territory, sector or client exclusivity. The valuer may decline any instruction; the platform may allocate any instruction to any panel member or to none.
6. No business guarantee
Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC gives no guarantee, representation or assurance of any work, revenue, number of instructions, fee level, continuity or renewal. Empanelment may be declined, suspended or terminated at any time without cause on notice, with no compensation payable.
7. Platform only — no liability
Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC acts solely as a technology and administration platform introducing clients to independent valuers. It is not a valuer, appraiser, attorney or fiduciary, is not a party to the client–valuer engagement, and accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever — direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise — for the acts, omissions, negligence, delay, conduct, opinions, fees or insolvency of any panel valuer, or for any decision taken on the strength of a valuation.
8. Anonymity of the panel
Panel members are published anonymously by panel code, jurisdiction, qualification class and specialism only. Names and firms are disclosed to a client only after allocation and only for the purpose of that engagement. The valuer shall not represent themselves publicly as an agent, employee, partner or representative of Ascendum, and may state only that they are empanelled.
9. Ownership of platform rights
All rights in the Ascen Mark platform, brand, marks, workflows, templates, data, client relationships and derived analytics vest exclusively in Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC. No licence is granted beyond the limited right to access the panel workspace during the term.
10. Confidentiality, conflicts and data
The valuer shall keep all client information confidential, run a conflict check before accepting each instruction, decline where a conflict or independence threat cannot be safely managed, and comply with applicable data protection, anti-money-laundering and sanctions law.
11. Indemnity and insurance
The valuer shall maintain professional indemnity cover appropriate to the value of the assets valued, and shall indemnify Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC, its officers and its personnel against any claim, loss, penalty or cost arising from the valuer's opinions, breach of law or breach of professional rules.
12. Governing law
This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, United States, with the courts of Clay County, Missouri having exclusive jurisdiction, without prejudice to any mandatory local rule governing the valuer's professional conduct. Counterparty: Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC, 10124 N McKinley Ave, Kansas City, MO 64157, United States, signed for and on behalf by Mehul Shah, President.
A. Confidentiality (NDA)
All matter files, client identities, marks, specifications, pricing, valuations, correspondence and platform data disclosed by Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC are confidential information. The valuer will use them only to perform the allocated matter, will restrict access to personnel who need it, will not copy or retain them beyond the retention period required by law, and will return or destroy them on termination. This obligation survives termination for 5 years, and indefinitely for trade secrets.
B. Client ownership and no direct dealing
Every client introduced through the platform belongs to Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC. Once a client is onboarded, the valuer must not contact, solicit, quote, invoice, accept instructions from, or otherwise deal directly with that client, its group companies or its representatives outside the platform — whether for the allocated matter or for any other work — during the term and for 24 months after the last allocated matter. Any direct dealing is a material breach of contract.
C. All fees are collected by the platform
Client fees are payable to Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC only. The valuer must not collect, request or accept any payment from a client, and must not issue an invoice to a client. Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC settles with the panel member from the amounts it has collected.
D. Settlement against receipts and services rendered
Settlement is made against evidence. Official fees, taxes and disbursements paid to an IP office or authority are reimbursed at cost on production of the authority's receipt or payment challan. The professional-fee share is released for the service actually rendered, on the milestone being completed and evidenced in the portal, and after the client payment has cleared. Claims without a valid receipt or completion evidence are not payable.
E. Breach of contract
Direct dealing with a client, breach of confidentiality, collecting fees from a client, submitting a false or inflated receipt, or misuse of platform data is a material breach. On breach, Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC may suspend the account immediately, withhold and set off unsettled amounts, terminate empanelment without refund of any membership fee, recover an amount equal to the fees diverted plus its losses and costs, and report the conduct to the relevant regulator or professional body. Membership fees are non-refundable in all cases.
F. Membership fee and activation
The account is activated only after the membership fee is received: USD 100 per month, or USD 1,000 per annum (lump sum). Membership is a platform-access fee. It is non-refundable, purchases no work, ranking or priority, and lapses automatically if a payment is missed, suspending access until it is brought current.
Order of precedence for professional conduct
- Law of the country of performance and of the subject asset
- Rules and code of ethics of the valuer's professional body
- Recognised international valuation standards (IVS / equivalent)
- Ascen Mark platform rules and this empanelment agreement
Where two apply to the same question, the higher and stricter standard persists.
Panel valuers are published anonymously by panel code. They are independent professionals, not employees, agents or partners of Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC. Each opinion is issued by the valuer in their own name under their own qualification and insurance. Ascendum Corporate Advisory LLC operates the platform only, gives no business guarantee to valuers and no warranty to clients, and accepts no responsibility or liability for any valuation, its use, or the outcome of any transaction.