Professional services firms face many of the same challenges as the businesses they work with. Operational efficiency and effectiveness, retaining and rewarding staff and achieving sustainable growth are all common issues. Having advisers who can help you navigate these varied challenges for your own firm is key to success.
FORENSIC SERVICES THE DEEP DIVE
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We are a successful, experienced and innovative forensic practice with a reputation for delivering the ideas and insights that help our clients achieve their objectives. Your objectives and priorities will underpin how we structure our work and communication. You will have access to a diverse team of experienced and passionate people that includes leading practitioners and expert witnesses in dispute resolution, professional negligence, international arbitration, valuations and forensic technology. We have been instructed on some of the most high-profile regulatory and fraud investigations, professional negligence claims and commercial disputes in recent years. We are part of BDO’s extensive global network covering over 162 countries. Your team in the UK will call on their expert colleagues to assist with tax, accounting, language, culture and local knowledge. Our clients range from international companies and firms across all sectors to international regulators and governments. We deliver the full range of forensic accounting and dispute advisory services. They would definitely be my first point of call for future work . CLIENT LISTENING PROGRAMME “
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DISPUTE ADVISORY X Expert witness (litigation) X Expert witness (arbitration/ICSID)
VALUATIONS X Expert witness X Intangible asset valuations X Corporate and share valuations X Financial products including
X Professional negligence X Business interruption.
derivatives and structured products.
INVESTIGATIONS X Fraud investigations X Financial investigations X Asset tracing X Forensic due diligence/forensic audit.
CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE X Integrity Due Diligence X Fraud investigations X Investigations in situations of commercial disputes X Asset tracing and recovery.
CONTENTIOUS INSOLVENCY X Complex litigation X Expert witness X Investigations and fraud X Asset recovery.
COMPETITION X Market and cartel investigations X Pre-action pricing/competition analysis and estimates of damages quantum X Calculation of quantum of loss and expert witness services X Monitoring trustee services.
FORENSIC TECHNOLOGY X eDisclosure X Data analytics X Data recovery X Device imaging and data security.
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OUR SERVICES
DISPUTE ADVISORY
VALUATIONS
Our Dispute Resolution team will help you to quantify loss or financial exposure and support you and your legal advisers at all stages of your dispute process. We bring considerable experience of providing evidence in UK civil courts, insolvency, international arbitration tribunals, criminal courts and regulatory investigations. You can also call on our specialist Professional Negligence team.
Our Valuation team delivers independent valuations needed to comply with accounting or regulatory standards and for tax, litigation, family or commercial purposes. We regularly provide expert evidence in a contentious environments, including expert determinations. Our experts have given evidence in the English High Court, the International Courts of Arbitration in London, Geneva, Zurich, the Dubai International Financial Centre Court, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (‘ICSID’) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
CONTENTIOUS INSOLVENCY
INVESTIGATIONS
Our dedicated team of insolvency and forensic specialists have considerable experience of contentious insolvency assignments, often of a cross border nature. Our work includes taking formal appointments under the Insolvency Act or otherwise, investigations and litigation support, and acting as expert witnesses. We work closely with lenders, creditors, lawyers, governments and other stakeholders to determine and agree robust and pragmatic strategies to maximise recoveries.
Our team provides investigative, asset tracing and recovery services. We help clients to establish liability, trace misappropriated assets and mitigate the impact of financial and economic crime. When investigating fraud, accounting “black holes”, regulatory breaches, employee misconduct and other financial crime, we assemble multi-disciplinary teams tailored to the requirements of the assignment. To minimise the chances of recurrence, our risk specialists develop and implement fraud and corruption prevention measures that protect businesses against the threat of financial crime. Our team regularly conducts large scale, complex financial investigations for the UK’s leading law enforcement, prosecution and regulatory agencies, as well as for major law firms, banks, international corporations and foreign governments.
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CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE
FORENSIC TECHNOLOGY
Our Corporate Intelligence team offers a suite of services with worldwide reach. Our key proactive service encompasses various levels of Integrity Due Diligence (“IDD”) investigation on your potential business partners, suppliers, distributors, sales agents or senior hires. On the reactive side, Corporate Intelligence plays a major role in many investigations of suspected fraud, corruption, money laundering or other malfeasance, where the team frequently works in conjunction with our Forensic Accounting Investigations and Forensic Technology teams.
Our highly responsive Forensic Technology team has a proven record in providing forensic technology services to international regulators, government bodies, law firms and corporate clients. We provide innovative, customised, cost-effective solutions to guide clients through even the most complex matters using state-of-the-art technology. We have extensive experience in guiding clients through all phases of the disclosure process, from information governance through to presentation in court, in a timely manner. Our team combine technology and technical expertise with commercial knowledge to deliver efficient and defensible solutions for your data requirements relating to litigation, arbitration and investigation. They were thinking outside the box and they were able to provide us with very helpful support. CLIENT LISTENING PROGRAMME “
COMPETITION &ANTI-TRUST
Our Competition and Anti-Trust team is highly experienced and brings together a unique skillset critical to dealing with competition and anti-trust matters. Our expertise covers economics, competition economics, econometrics and monitoring trustees. We are committed to taking the time to understand our clients, their businesses and the markets they operate in. We use our industry experience and knowledge and the combined skills of the Forensic Services team to deliver the right services to our clients.
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BDO UK FORENSIC SERVICES IN NUMBERS
100+ UK TEAM
14 UK OFFICES
16 UK PARTNERS
GLOBAL FORENSIC CAPABILITIES
MULTI-SECTOR OFFERING
OUR PARTNERS ARE HIGHLY RANKED IN WHO’S WHO LEGAL EVERY YEAR
WINNERS OF EXPERT WITNESS ADVISORY FIRM OF THE YEAR IN ENGLAND 2019 - GLOBAL ADVISORY EXPERTS ANNUAL AWARDS
OUR TEAM ARE HIGHLY RANKED IN GIR & GAR 100
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING ADVISORY FIRMOF THE YEAR IN ENGLAND 2019 - GLOBAL ADVISORY EXPERTS ANNUAL AWARDS
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They have blown us away. We have been extremely happy. CLIENT LISTENING PROGRAMME “
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