Financial Services
From technological disruption and regulatory change to data breach, fraud and bankruptcies, financial service providers face a complex and evolving risk landscape.
HKA’s specialists guide companies and their legal advisers through business-critical challenges with clarity and confidence.
Independent expertise for the financial services industry
As a trusted, independent source of expertise, HKA helps clients manage compliance, risk, and disputes across the financial services sector.
We support clients at every stage – from investigations and advisory services to claims, dispute resolution, and litigation. Our expert witnesses have testified on every continent before courts, arbitration tribunals, regulatory boards, and international forums.
We address a wide range of business needs, including:
- Forensic accounting
- Investigations
- Economic damages
- Business valuation
- Insurance claims
- Intellectual property
- Digital forensics & data solutions
- Technical – including IT, cybersecurity and ESG
- Financial Crime Compliance
Why HKA
Specialists on your side for your financial services business
HKA experts are problem-solvers – free from the conflicts of interest that constrain many large accountancy firms. Drawing on firsthand industry experience and a suite of in-house capabilities, we work as single experts or in multi-disciplinary teams.
We help clients navigate the challenges of digital disruption, regulatory complexity, and emerging technologies – from DeFi and FinTech to InsurTech and AI – as well as commercial disputes, claims, and allegations of impropriety.
Clients rely on HKA to anticipate, investigate, and resolve the financial and regulatory challenges they face.
Achieving greater business certainty by leveraging our advisory expertise and experience in compliance, regulatory and dispute management.
Supporting accurate and equitable settlements with incisive analysis of damages, losses and root causes.
Delivering authoritative, impartial advice and expert testimony in arbitration, litigation, and regulatory proceedings.
Achieving greater business certainty by leveraging our advisory expertise and experience in compliance, regulatory and dispute management.
Supporting accurate and equitable settlements with incisive analysis of damages, losses and root causes.
Delivering authoritative, impartial advice and expert testimony in arbitration, litigation, and regulatory proceedings.
How we can help
HKA’s depth of expertise and global reach ensure a rapid and flexible response to the complex requirements of our clients, regardless of scale or scope. Assignments typically demand specialist capabilities in areas such as:
Digital Forensics & Data Security
We support complex digital investigations, including eDiscovery, analytics, high-tech crime, blockchain forensics, data breaches and cybersecurity. Our AI-enabled tools help clients mitigate risk and respond to litigation, regulatory, and security challenges.
Economic Damages & Valuation
We provide robust assessment of economic damages, business valuations and asse impacts – including IP – in disputes involving joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and competition. Our consultants support you through every stage of the dispute cycle, from strategic advice and expert reports, to settlement negotiations and testimony.
Forensic Accounting & Investigations
As an independent firm, we offer conflict-free access to top-tier talent. We investigate fraud, regulatory breaches, white-collar crime and bankruptcy across jurisdictions, combining deep accounting knowledge with advanced financial forensics and data analytics.
Insurance Claims
Acting for both insured parties and insurers, our specialists use sophisticated valuation methods to quantify losses. With in-house technical expertise in architecture, engineering, fire safety, and an array of other disciplines, we help prove root causes and extent of damage.
Technical Expertise
Rapid change in technology, regulation, and competition presents unfamiliar challenges—from motor finance class actions to greenwashing claims. HKA deploys niche specialists across IT, cybersecurity, and ESG to deliver targeted, high-value solutions.
In a sector defined by complexity, regulation, and rapid change, HKA stands apart as a trusted partner. Our independence, global reach, and multidisciplinary expertise enable us to deliver clear, credible, and conflict-free support whether you’re navigating compliance, investigating misconduct, or resolving high-stakes disputes.
