This highly qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, and corporate valuation, with additional specialization in energy, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors. After earning his BA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he went on to become an analyst in corporate finance at Wheat First Butcher Singer and then an associate in mergers and acquisitions at Rothschild Inc. ...
This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in the field of risk management and insurance and asset management. He earned his BA in the history of science and his MBA in finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is very active in his field as a member of several professional societies including the Professional Risk Managers International Association, the Buy Side Risk Managers Group, the Investment Company Institute, and the ...
This highly-qualified expert has nearly 15 years of experience in the financial services field, with his work involving financial planning, security valuation, portfolio management, insurance planning, and investment selection and transactions. He received his BS in psychology from the University of Michigan before earning his BBA from Michigan State University and recently went back to school to earn his MBA from the University of Michigan. He has formerly served as a ...
This expert has nearly 20 years of legal and trust administration experience. She gained her JD from Willamette College of Law and is licensed to practice in Wyoming. She served as an attorney at James H. Jordan PC, an attorney for Austin Law Office, and an assistant vice president and trust administrator in the investment management and trust division at ANB Bank.Currently she is an attorney focusing on probate and estate administration issues....
This expert has over 30 years of experience in investment management. He holds a BA in economics from Brandeis University and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of California, Berkeley. Throughout his career managing portfolios and funds, he has bought and sold options and traded stocks, ETFs and mutual funds. As the former Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Charles Schwab, he managed a $3.5B of mutual fund assets. In this role he was ...
This highly qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate finance industry and his expertise includes real estate asset management, mortgage loan servicing, risk assessment and mitigation and relationship management. After receiving his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Finance from Georgia State University, this expert went on to be a Contract Administrator at the Federal Asset Disposition Association. He then worked as a ...
This C-level financial executive has 35+ years of experience in investment banking, capital markets, private equity, and business development. He is an expert in the global alternative investment industry with a BS from Boston University, an MBA from Stern at NYU, and the Level I CAIA certification. He is also a regular speaker on the international alternative investments conference circuit and has contributed to various industry publications. Most recently, the expert ...
This seasoned expert witness has 29 years of financial exxperience. He has a broad and deep background in various dimensions of financial services and investment management. He has worked as a senior investment analyst and portfolio manager at Arden Asset Management and Guggenheim Partners, a senior risk officer at Bear Stearns, a convertible arbitrage salesman at Murphy & Durieu, and a credit analyst and loan officer at Manufacturers Hanover. His litigation consulting ...
This expert is an investment professional with over 25 years of experience in the securities industry, including investment management responsibility, broker-dealer management, due diligence oversight for sophisticated products, financial analysis, and high net worth sales expertise. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, he has worked in the financial services and investment advisory business for over ...
This experienced finance professional has background in portfolio and trust management, mutual funds, and hedge funds over a 45-year career. He earned his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. in Finance from Harvard University. He holds several industry credentials; the expert is a Registered Investment Advisor, a Chartered Financial Analyst, and a FINRA Arbitrator. The expert began his career at J.P. Morgan before joining Citibank, where he eventually ...
This expert has over 40 years of experience in every area of investment banking, including Mergers and Acquisitions (including LBOS and recapitalizations), Fairness Opinions, Adequacy Opinions, Solvency Opinions, Valuations, Damage Issues, Fiduciary Issues, Advice to Special Committees of Boards and Trustees, Due Diligence and Disclosure Issues, Financing of debt and equity both public and private, Leasing and Real Estate Financing, and many other areas. He graduated ...
This highly-qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the field of investment banking and leveraged finance, specializing in arranging debt financing primarily for leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, refinancings, recapitalizations and rescue financings. He earned his BS in computer science from Columbia University and his MBA in finance and international business from the University of Chicago, and holds FINRA Series 79, 82, and 63 licenses. He ...
A California federal court has dismissed a securities class action related, in part, to the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled that the defendant could not have anticipated the extent of the pandemic at the time of their January…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: McBeth v. Porges Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195094 In this financial dispute case, the defendant hedge fund challenges the qualifications of the plaintiff’s…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Remington v. Newbridge Sec. Corp. Citation: 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15867 In this financial dispute case, a FINRA expert’s testimony is challenged for allegedly lacking…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York’ Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Loreley Fin. (Jersey) No. 3 Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Sec. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160087 Facts The plaintiff, a financial investment company, invested…
This case involves a public utility company and a green energy supplier that entered into a contract under which the public utility company committed to making an equity investment into a wind farm the green energy supplier built. The public…
This arbitration involves a wealthy plaintiff who suffered significant financial harm when the defendant financial planner allegedly altered her account without permission. The defendant CFP initially attempted to put approximately $5 million in funds into a non-qualified investment account but was unable…
This case involves a bank in Chicago that served as a trustee to a large insurance company. The trust account contained eligible securities valued at $15 million. The bank subsequently allowed a third-party to deposit ineligible securities into the account…
This defamation case involves a broker who had a non-discretionary account with two clients. The clients invested approximately $500,000 into the account and lost $100,000. As a result, the clients created a website about the broker with numerous allegations about…
This case involves an equity dispute between a public utility company and a renewable energy company. The companies entered into a contract under which the utility company committed to making an equity investment into a wind farm the renewable energy…
This case involves a dispute regarding the management of employee 401(k) profit sharing retirement plans. An investment advisory firm was tasked with managing investments and overseeing the fund. Allegedly, the investment advisory firm failed to diversify the investments of the…