Expert profile

Ramon de Legorburu

Partner, Head of Investigations, Americas

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Highlights

Over 25 years of experience in forensic accounting and dispute services.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
Certified Public Accountant in Florida and Georgia.
Presented to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Services

Financial Crime Compliance | Forensic Accounting | Investigations | Commercial Litigation

Industries

Expertise

Ramon de Legorburu (Ray) is a Certified Public Accountant with over 25 years of experience. He has been appointed as a forensic accounting expert on multiple occasions.

Ray has testified in both depositions and trials as an expert witness on matters involving economic damages and business valuation with disputed values of up to $100million. He has presented to the US Securities and Exchange Commission regarding a financial statement restatement for a large publicly traded packaging company.

Ray specialises in dispute services including damages and lost profit calculations, and has investigated allegations of suspected FCPA violations, management fraud, financial statement misrepresentation and embezzlements. Having been a former financial statement auditor, he has assisted in the defense of public accounting firms involved in accounting malpractice suits.

Background

Ray has assisted financial services clients during the acquisition of foreign entities and in detecting and deterring elaborate money-laundering schemes at the target entities internationally. His sector experience includes construction, manufacturing, financial services, transportation, healthcare, consumer goods industries, and media and entertainment.

Ray holds a degree in accounting and is a member of both the American Institute and Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.