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Pamela Verick

Pamela (Pam) Verick is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and Certified Fraud Examiner with over 25 years of experience in corporate compliance and forensic investigations.

Pam has assisted organizations, key stakeholders, and their legal counsel on fraud governance matters and unplanned event response in 40 countries across six continents. She has also performed investigations and root-cause analyses of economic crime and misconduct by corporate directors and officers, management, employees, and third parties.

Pam has worked with private, public, and not-for-profit organizations to develop and defend their anti-fraud program strategy and spend. She has implemented confidential reporting systems and processes, value-driven fraud risk assessments, right-sized fraud controls, bespoke fraud audits, and resonant training and communication activities to help combat internal and external vulnerabilities arising from fraud and misconduct.

Pam has deep expertise in global ethics, integrity, and anti-corruption compliance matters. She has developed internal control frameworks, program reviews, control evaluation, first and third-party compliance assessments, and technology-enabled monitoring activities to prevent, detect, and deter unethical business practices, integrity lapses and failures, and various forms of corruption. This includes bid-rigging, self-dealing and other conflicts of interest, economic extortion, illegal gratuities, and kickbacks.

Pam holds a master’s in justice with a concentration in judicial administration. She is a member of the COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide Taskforce; the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists, Ethics and Compliance Initiative; the Institute of Internal Auditors; and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics; the Women’s White Collar Defense Association and is an affiliate member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and affiliated professional of the American Bar Association.

Marian Cantrell

Marian Cantrell is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience. She has assisted the named expert on over 30 occasions.

Marian has worked on litigations in the UK courts, and investor-state and commercial arbitrations on behalf of claimants and respondents with disputed values of up to £750 million.  She has prepared reports for expert determination and for use in mediation.

She has broad sector experience including within the IT, telecoms, construction, mining, utilities, entertainment, hospitality, and finance sectors.

Marian has also assisted clients with insolvency disputes, fraud investigations, professional negligence cases, and financial restatements for large corporations. Prior to joining HKA, following an initial background in audit, she worked in forensics at Evelyn Partners, Haberman Ilett, FTI, and PKF.  In total, she has worked on over 60 projects as a forensic accountant.

Marian specialises in forensic accounting for disputes, with a focus on the assessment of damages for breach of contract, mergers and acquisitions disputes, shareholder and joint venture disputes, and loss of profits.  She has extensive experience producing detailed analysis of financial and contractual information.

Marian holds a degree in geology and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Rachelle Jackson

Rachelle Jackson has more than 10 years of experience working in government contract compliance, strategy and advisory.

Rachelle undertakes assessments of client accounting and finance practices, performs mock audits of business systems, implements remedial action plans and internal controls critical to managing compliance and financial risks. She also specializes in assisting contractors in responding to audit requests.

Rachelle’s career has focused on Federal labor compliance including the Service Contract Act (SCA), Davis Bacon Act (DBA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) prevailing wage and apprenticeship programs. She conducts detailed back pay calculations and implements best-practice controls within business processes. 

Rachelle has in-depth knowledge of the regulations contained within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS), and the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). She supports federal government contractors in preparing strategic and compliant proposal price estimates when responding to Federal Requests for Proposals (RFP), reviewing forward pricing rate proposals (FPRP), incurred cost proposals (ICP), and negotiating indirect cost rate agreements (NICRA). She has also assisted with strategic cost accounting restructures, cost accounting non-compliances and changes which includes preparing general dollar magnitude (GDM) or detailed cost impacts (DCI).

Rachelle has a bachelor’s of business administration in finance and is a member of the Young Professionals Committee for the Colorado’s Judicial Institute.  

Tyler J Donnelly

Tyler J Donnelly is a forensic accountant with over 10 years of experience. He has been appointed as an expert on more than ten occasions.

Tyler was the named expert in a wide range of financial disputes at state and federal courts and has prepared and authored detailed expert reports used in the adjudication, negotiation and resolution of disputes. He has provided expert testimony in disputes of up to US$20 million.

Tyler has had leading roles in investigating white-collar crimes and allegations of fraud. He has led teams in matters encompassing the False Claims Act and regularly provides consulting in bankruptcy and insolvency, shareholder disputes, and internal investigations. He is also widely experienced in the evaluation of construction cost claims.

Tyler specializes in highly complex commercial damages investigations and lost profit calculations. His expertise includes a wide range of financial analysis, forensic accounting, and construction quantum damages.

Tyler holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Certified Information Technology Professional in Accounting. He is Certified in Financial Forensics and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Jordan Sandberg

Jordan Sandberg is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner with 10 years of experience. He has assisted the named forensic accounting expert on multiple occasions.

Jordan has provided litigation support and assisted in multiple investigations, into highly confidential matters, on behalf of both private and government counsel. He has worked on cases with damages in excess of $1 billion.

Jordan has a broad range of forensic investigations experience alongside supporting clients with dispute resolution matters. He has provided large scale data analysis to demonstrate state-specific compliance with enforcement regulations based on master settlement agreement (MSA) enforcement and prepared financial analysis and modelling for various disputed matters across the USA.

Jordan’s expertise includes fraud investigations and trademark infringements. He has assessed lost profits and damages, analyzed bank statements and other financial data to identify flow of funds, and evaluated targeted individuals and entities for fraudulent transactions.

Jordan is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He holds a master’s in accounting and a bachelor’s degree in crime, law and justice.

Juan Francisco Nasser

Juan Francisco Nasser is a forensic accountant and corporate development professional with more than 20 years of experience. He regularly acts as a quantum and contentious valuations expert in commercial disputes.

Juan Francisco was an extremely diligent expert. I would highlight his great knowledge of the subject matter, attention to detail, and ability to work. Juan possesses excellent discussion capacity and skills to defend his position during hearings.

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Juan has given expert testimony over 65 times, both in arbitration proceedings and in judicial proceedings. He has testified in both English and Spanish for disputes with values in excess of €600 million. He also prepares expert determinations in mergers and acquisition disputes.

Juan has wide ranging experience in corporate transactions, commercial disputes and investigations. He has been engaged in numerous transactions in Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Asia.

Juan’s expertise includes quantification of damages, contentious valuations, economic analysis, and complex financial and accounting matters. He has advised corporate clients and their legal teams across a wide range of sectors, including renewable energy (wind, photovoltaic, hydro), fossil fuels, water infrastructure, technology, real estate, and sports.

Juan holds a master’s in financial management, he is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder, an accredited valuation expert, and a full member in the practising category as a forensic accountant of The Academy of Experts. He has lectured on business valuation and mergers and acquisitions in several editions of a master’s degree at a Spanish university.

Jennifer Flickinger

Jennifer Flickinger is a forensic accountant with 30 years of experience. She has been appointed as an expert on government contracting matters.

Jen has been cross-examined in arbitration at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) and taken part in several pre-hearing negotiations. Her engagements include government contract compliance, litigation, investigations, and external restructurings. She has acted as an expert for disputed projects with values of up to $1 billion and has a strong record of negotiations with the government agencies including the Departments of Defense, State, Labor, and Energy.

Jen designs cost accounting structures for emerging contractors and analyzes existing models for compliance and effectiveness. She prepares cost impacts, disclosure statements, incurred cost proposals, and requests for equitable adjustments). She also supports contractor negotiations related to audit findings by with their responses to the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and General Services Administration (GSA).

Jen specializes in cost and pricing matters including government audit issues, defective pricing, labor charging and compliance, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), cost allowability and allocability, Federal Supply Schedule contracts, claims, requests for equitable adjustment (REA), terminations and prime and subcontractor disputes. Her focus is on compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), CAS, the Uniform Guidance as well as FAR supplements (e.g. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)). She is a recognized expert in prevailing wage compliance, including the Service Contract Act and the Davis Bacon Act.

Jen is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association, the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law, and the Professional Service Counsel. She has published articles regarding the Service Contract Act and has undertaken numerous speaking engagements on matters related to accounting, cost and pricing.

Kenneth J Kratovil

Kenneth Kratovil has over 20 years of experience in valuation and forensic accounting. He has been appointed as a testifying expert and assisted the named expert on over 40 occasions.

Kenneth is very detail-oriented and is able to present his findings clearly and articulately. He has a strong sense of the points that will resonate with the tribunal and great intuition on how to convey them. Kenneth has a deep understanding of valuation issues.

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Kenneth has provided expert testimony in matters of economic damages, business valuations, and forensic accounting for ICSID, LCIA, ICDR, AAA and FINRA arbitration. He has testified as an expert with disputed values of up to US$644 million.

Kenneth has specialized in valuation, damage quantification and complex financial modeling after first gaining professional experience working at an investment bank in New York and in various corporate finance and regulatory positions at Lockheed Martin and the SEC.

Kenneth’s experience is global and covers a variety of industries across investor-state disputes, commercial disputes, post-acquisition disputes and fraud investigations.

Kenneth holds a master’s in business administration and is an Accredited Senior Appraiser, a Certified Valuation Analyst, and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA), and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).

Nick Panes

Nick Panes has over 20 years of experience in the investigations and risk management industry. He has worked alongside the testifying expert on numerous occasions providing forensic analysis and investigative support.

Nick is an excellent forensic investigator. He offers his clients a high standard of care. Nick is quick and accessible.

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Nick’s work has focused on investigative assignments, political risk, business intelligence and regulatory compliance, with postings in Mexico City, New Delhi, Sydney and London. He has been involved in arbitral tribunals and court proceedings providing expert witness support and in FCPA related investigations and alter ego assessments.

Nick’s career has been split between investigations, post-event problem solving and ongoing risk management consultancy across a wide range of sectors and geographies. He has worked across the full spectrum of projects from strategic advisory work through to tactical support.

Nick’s expertise includes fraud and money laundering investigations, anti-corruption risk assessments and consultancy, regulatory compliance system design and audits, business intelligence assignments, pre-transaction due diligence, asset tracing and recovery and digital forensics. He has specialised in complex, cross-border investigations on matters ranging from strategic market entry work and due diligence to sensitive employee misconduct investigations in multiple jurisdictions.

Nick is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, the Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists and the Association of International Energy Negotiators. He is a recognised Latin America political risk expert and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Nick Panes wins praise as an “excellent investigator” owing to his standout command of complex cross-border matters including anti-corruption, fraud, money laundering, and digital forensics.

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Laura Connor Smith

Laura Connor Smith has over 20 years of experience in commercial damages and valuations. She has been retained as an expert and supported the named expert on numerous occasions.

Laura is an excellent combination of smart, hard-working, and responsive. She is a quick thinker with business acumen. Not only did Laura prepare a fantastic report but also was instrumental in assisting with deposition and trial strategy.

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Laura has testified and submitted expert testimony relating to damages, economics and financial issues. She is frequently involved in large litigations or international arbitrations, including investor-state cases in allegations of Breach of Contract and Expropriation and Fair and Equitable Treatment. She has testified on matters with disputed values of up to US$639 million.

Laura has provided accounting and financial advisory services for clients in a wide range of industries including telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, wholesale and retail, transportation, natural resources, banking and related financial industries, insurance, and medical devices. She has extensive experience in assisting with internal and external investigations of financial institutions.

Laura specializes in damages analyses involving complex contract disputes, intellectual property, valuations, investigations and bankruptcies both domestically and internationally. Her in-depth experience supplements her depth of experience in large international arbitrations involving both contract and treaty claims.

Laura is a Certified Valuation Analyst and Certified Fraud Examiner with a master’s in business administration. She is a member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Laura is a brilliant quantum expert. She is the hardest worker I have ever met. Laura possesses great technical expertise.

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