Lawyer Monthly Expert Witness Guide 2014/2015 Kathryn Britten_Layout 1 26/07/2013 14:10 Page 1 FORENSIC SCIENCE Kathryn Britten Partner, UK Chairman KPMG Forensic

When disputes arise, it is important to gather the relevant facts, isolate and understand the key business and financial issues and identify the economic implications as soon as possible. Cross-border disputes can involve complex economic, financial and technical issues as well as multiple languages, client locations and applicable laws and standards. Litigants and their legal counsel with a command of the issues can make sound decisions in responding to disputes.

KPMG’s Dispute Advisory Services team can provide accounting, economic, loss quantification and valuation-related advice and opinions as well as document disclosure services. Our objective assessments help to resolve disputes in arbitration, litigation, ADR, insurance claims, and transactions. We support parties in negotiations and mediations. Our senior professionals are seasoned expert witnesses and deal with some of the largest and most complex disputes in the world.

KPMG’s global network of member firms offers over 2,300 specialist partners and staff operating across time zones, languages and cultures. We can bring the right mix of professionals to disputes wherever they arise and are resolved.

We identify and analyse key accounting, economic and financial issues and deliver a wide range of services, including: • Expert witness testimony • Expert determination

• Forensic accounting investigations • Early case assessment

• Document and electronic record disclosure • Data analysis

• Corporate intelligence • Valuations • Agreement vetting • Economic analysis • Damages assessment • Assistance with negotiation strategy • Arbitration • Advice in relation to dispute avoidance and resolution

Kathryn Britten Partner, UK Chairman KPMG Forensic KPMG LLP, 15 Canada Square, London E14 5GL

Tel +44 020 7694 5598 Mobile +44 7826 532684 Email: kathryn.britten@kpmg.co.uk Website address www.kpmg.com

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