Recent examples of our work include
Valere’s experts have been deployed across the full spectrum of disputes and investigations.
- Mandated by an investment bank to provide expert advice on the valuation of a portfolio of variance swaps under a closeout following a major market sell-off
- Provided expert evidence on behalf of a Swiss private bank on the closeout of a leveraged portfolio of structured products
- Provided expert evidence on behalf of a large US investment bank on the termination of a leveraged portfolio of hedge fund investments
Worked for an investment bank and other claimants in a class action lawsuit against a large European automobile group to value claims in relation to transactions in their shares
Provided expert evidence in a case involving market practice relating to issuance and trading of foreign currency convertible bonds issued by an Indian company
Mandated as expert witness to act on behalf of a European investment bank in a litigation where the claimants were alleging that the investment bank misrepresented the characteristics of the bank capital securities the claimants purchased resulting in an investment loss
Testified as expert witness on behalf of a commodity trader in Asia in a dispute involving repo transactions on nickel
Mandated as expert witness on behalf of a Singapore bank in an arbitration relating to insurance of financing transactions on palm oil and copper
Provided two experts who testified in a Hong Kong arbitration on behalf of a commodity trading house in relation to trade finance facilities and associated trade credit insurance
Provided expert evidence in a UK arbitration relating to a joint-venture dispute involving the construction of a grain terminal in Eastern Europe
Engaged in a UK arbitration case regarding the management and transactions concluded by the operator of an African copper mine
Mandated to provide expert opinion on the accounting treatment of certain loans (and related hedging activity) that were made on behalf of corporate customers of a UK bank
Provided an expert to opine on the application of FAS157 and other accounting standards to a large derivative portfolio and how risk-based accounting reserves should be reconciled to actual market bid offer observations during a closeout under ISDA
Mandated as expert witness on behalf of the auditors of a failed European financial institution in a litigation where the insolvency administrator is alleging the audit opinion provided by the auditors was faulty
Mandated by a bank to examine the conduct of traders with regards to alleged front-running of stop loss orders in the gold and silver futures markets
Provided expert assistance in assessing the conduct of European bond traders in alleged market manipulation and potential collusive behaviour in Government Bonds and Futures markets
Mandated by banks to provide expert evidence with respect to LIBOR submissions and their alleged effect on related products
Gave expert witness testimony on behalf of a large US investment bank in a dispute about the bank’s Quincecare duty relating to payments made for oil prospection rights in Africa
Provided expert evidence on behalf of a major UK high street bank in relation to payments following an authorised push payment fraud case