Laura is a Partner in the Forensic Services team at FRP with over fourteen years of experience providing forensic, audit and advisory services. Laura specialises in leading complex and high-profile insolvency investigation matters (including professional negligence) working alongside FRP’s contentious insolvency specialists. Such cases require a wide range of forensic analysis and investigation inputting on strategy as to quantum, working with experts and managing large scale document reviews. Laura and the FRP forensics team are also regularly instructed on non-insolvency matters to provide accounting expertise in a range of disputes and fraud investigations.

Edmond is a partner at Accuracy. Since 2010, Edmond has specialised in the assessment of damages arising from treaty and contract breaches, in both arbitration and litigation contexts. Edmond has been appointed as an expert witness in arbitrations under ICSID, LCIA, ICC and SAC rules, and is recognised as one of the leading damages experts by Who’s Who Legal. Edmond has a broad range of sector experience, including metals & mining, manufacturing, TMT, automotive, consumer goods and hospitality.

Phil is Head of Forensic Services at Ellacotts and has specialised in forensic services since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1999. He is instructed as an expert or advisor across a broad spectrum of cases, including shareholder disputes, matrimonial disputes, breach of warranty claims and completion account disputes, contractual or commercial disputes, professional negligence claims, business interruption claims and fraud investigations.

Andrew is described as a nationally recognised figure in Family Law. Known for his tenacity, intelligence and client dedication, he specialises in high-value matrimonial finance disputes and prenuptial agreements. Clients commend his critical thinking and encyclopaedic knowledge of matrimonial law for complex cases.

Sally has over 25 years' experience in investigative work, civil fraud and related regulatory action and until recently was a partner in the Restructuring and Insolvency team leading the public interest work undertaken by the firm for the Insolvency Service including investigations, directors disqualification and public interest winding up proceedings. 

Eve is a leading white collar crime specialist. She has acted in a number of high-profile trials brought by the SFO and CPS and acts for both individuals and domestic and multinational corporations in a broad range of sectors, including criminal investigations into bribery, money laundering, fraud, cartels and financial services offences. She regularly advises in cross border investigations.

Michael is a lecturer in philosophy of science and technology at the University of Glasgow. He received his PhD in philosophy of science from Rutgers University in 2016, and has held research positions at the University of Cologne, the University of Birmingham, and on an interdisciplinary project in the Oxford University Faculty of Physics. He works on the meaning of theories in physics and the ways we use scientific theories to think about what must happen and what is possible.

Joseph is a Director in the London office of Accuracy, Forensics and Litigation Advisory practice and a chartered financial analyst with 12 years’ experience in the assessment of commercial damages. He specialises in contentious valuation and complex commercial damages issues, serving as an independent expert in international arbitration, litigation and expert determination.

Rowena is a partner in the Professional and Financial Disputes team at Clyde & Co. She specialises in acting for accountancy firms and their partners, both in relation to the defence of high value and complex professional negligence claims, as well as representing them in regulatory investigations and disciplinary proceedings. She has been involved in some of the most high profile FRC audit investigations and audit claims over the past decade.

Kay is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Arbitrator, a mediator (CEDR trained), specialising in disputes, investigation and litigation support services, including dispute resolution, investigation, arbitration, conciliation and due diligence services. She specialises in financial and quantum matters and has extensive expert witness experience in giving written and oral evidence to Tribunals, in both civil and criminal matters.

Anna is a commercial and chancery practitioner specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration, civil fraud, banking and finance disputes and insolvency and company law matters. Anna has particular expertise in disputes arising at the intersection between her disciplines, such as banking or civil fraud matters involving an insolvency aspect. She has considerable courtroom experience and is highly regarded for her engaging advocacy style and robust cross-examination skills.

Calum has spent the last 8 years working in Accuracy’s construction projects disputes and advisory practice across diverse sectors and industries, including urban mixed-use developments, nuclear, oil and gas, energy, and transport infrastructure. He has a dual role in data science and programming, with a focus on applying automation, NLP, and AI in construction projects and arbitration. His aim is to enhance the insight and value that experts contribute to business and arbitral decision-making, while simultaneously modernizing the tools and approaches they employ.

Steve specialises in corporate investigations – especially those where big data, technology or electronic devices are involved. Steve is an experienced Forensic Technology practitioner and most commonly oversees forensic computing investigations, data analytics, cybersecurity and large-scale discovery matters. Prior to joining Accuracy, Steve gained experience in the fraud and disputes teams at Ernst & Young and Deloitte, where he supported forensic technology matters for multinational corporations around the globe.

Chris joined FRP in 2016 as a Partner in their Forensic Services team. He has more than 20 years’ experience of disputes, fraud, bribery and corruption investigations, regulatory enquiries, and compliance and risk advisory assignments. His recent assignments include being appointed as expert on behalf of the defendant in a dispute between two international manufacturers, relating to an alleged breach of contract where he was cross-examined in the High Court.

Emma is a Managing Associate in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Restructuring and Insolvency Team. Emma deals primarily with contentious matters and has significant experience in claims brought in the both the County and High Courts including complex multi-week trials and appeals. Emma is also an experienced investigator having acted for the Insolvency Service in directors disqualification and bankruptcy restriction matters for over 20 years.

Olesya is a Director at the forensic accounting and commercial damages of HKA based in London. She is a trilingual certified chartered accountant with more than 15 years’ experience in finance and accounting. Olesya has been appointed as the named expert in international arbitration proceedings and UK High Court litigation, and she has been recognised in Who's Who Legal: Arbitration Future Leaders - Expert Witnesses 2024.

Ed is a Senior Associate in Forsters’ Commercial Dispute Resolution Team. He is an experienced litigator, having represented clients in numerous complex, high-value disputes, often with a cross-border element. He is equally at home in litigation or arbitration, with experience in High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court proceedings and in arbitrations under various institutional rules (including LCIA and ICC) and across a number of seats.

Poorvi specialises in international arbitration and dispute resolution and is a triple-qualified lawyer (in India, the State of New York, and England & Wales). With over a decade of experience in this field, Poorvi has represented clients from various sectors and jurisdictions in complex and high-value disputes in arbitrations under all major arbitration rules including the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, and ICSID. Her practice is constituted of a mix of commercial and investor-State disputes, as well as construction disputes and she is also a trained mediator and negotiator.

Andrew Strickland has a high profile in the business valuation industry, as well as in the wider business and professional community. Having been with Scrutton Bland for over 30 years, Andrew is now a consultant to the Corporate Finance team, supporting a significant number of live valuation assignments and cases. Andrew is a member of the valuation committee at ICAEW and is a director of the International Institute of Business Valuers.