Gervase MacGregor — BDO LLP
Areas of Expertise: Forensic Accounting
BDO has one of the most successful, experienced and innovative forensic and dispute advisory practices in the UK. We have a reputation for delivering exceptional client service and value for money.
Our clients range from companies and professional firms to regulators, governments and not for profit organisations. Our forensic and dispute advisory team includes lead practitioners in dispute resolution, professional negligence, fraud and anti-corruption, forensic technology and valuations.
Dispute resolution
Our dispute resolution team helps to quantify loss or financial exposure across a variety of industry sectors and jurisdictions. We support our clients and their legal advisers in all stages of the dispute process.
Our expert witnesses have provided expert opinions in hundreds of cases; supporting them is a team of specialists who combine forensic accounting, audit and industry experience. Our team has considerable experience of providing evidence in UK civil courts, arbitration tribunals, criminal courts and regulatory investigations.
Professional negligence
Our professional negligence team are leading advisers on auditing and accounting negligence cases. Our team comprises practitioners with recent audit and accounting backgrounds, many of whom are expert witnesses and mediators.
We advise on complex litigation and regulatory / disciplinary investigations in allegations of negligence in relation to statutory and non-statutory audits, accounting advice, specified procedures reporting, due diligence reports and corporate finance reporting.
Fraud and anti-corruption
Our team provides investigative, asset tracing and recovery services to establish liability, trace misappropriated assets and mitigate the impact of financial and economic crime. Whether investigating fraud, accounting “black holes”, regulatory breaches, employee misconduct or other financial crime, we build multi-disciplinary teams tailored to the requirements of the assignment.
To minimise the chances of recurrence, our risk specialists develop and implement fraud prevention measures that protect businesses against the threat of economic crime. Our team regularly conducts large scale, complex financial investigations for the UK’s leading law enforcement, prosecution and regulatory agencies, as well as major law firms, banks, international corporations and foreign governments.
Forensic technology
Our highly experienced forensic computing team is at the forefront of forensic investigation and review, with a wealth of knowledge and technological expertise to provide technical solutions and support to investigations. The team assists with the capture and recovery of electronic data for investigation and review, and in a manner that ensures it is admissible in both criminal and civil courts of law. We also provide electronic disclosure (“eDisclosure”) and expert witness services.
Valuations
We provide robust valuations on both contentious and non contentious matters. Our team includes published authors in the field and we specialise in share valuation in unquoted companies, intellectual property, unincorporated businesses, associated liabilities and intangible assets.