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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Equity Investment experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Equity Investment landscape.

• Expert Witness #254499

  This expert brings to the table many years of experience in investment compliance and administration, with more than half of that in senior administrative roles. This includes overseeing all legal, regulatory, and compliance issues for:

  - $11bn asset management firm (hedge funds, separate accounts (including liquid alts, and CLOs);

  -  asset management firm with focus on hedge and private equity funds in real estate, credit and equity strategies;

  -  hedge fund management company in arbitrage strategies (volatility arbitrage, convertible arbitrage) with respect to funds and managed accounts:

  -  a quantitative long/short equity hedge fund and a multi-strategy fund of funds (credit/global macro/equities)

  This expert created compliance programs and drafted all necessary materials/policies (including investment adviser registration). Oversaw various operational activities including locating/negotiating office space, and selection of relevant service providers (e.g. prime brokers, administrator, and auditor). Oversaw all regulatory filings and internal/external compliance reviews.

  
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• Expert Witness #252221

  This expert has extensive experience representing privately-held companies that have sought capital and a wide variety of venture funds and private equity organizations that invest in them. This experience has included all manner of preferred stock, convertible debt and hybrid instruments, using National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) documents and otherwise. This work has included all manner of negotiating, structuring, monitoring and operating under these kinds of investment agreements, both before and after the investments, at every stage of development, from friends and family, to seed stage, to growth rounds, to ultimate IPO's. This expert has been listed as one of the top M&A and private equity/venture capital lawyers. This expert has also represented franchisees and franchisors. Although this expert has not previously served as an expert in a litigation matter, this expert's experience in litigation, along with national and state awards received related to extemporaneous speaking and debate may speak to the ability to perform as an effective witness.

  
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• Expert Witness #248849

  This expert is a Managing Director in an international accounting company's Business Restructuring and Turnaround Services practice. This expert has many years of experience in financial advisory services, including corporate restructuring, capital raising and merger and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. This expert provides financial, strategic and operational guidance to companies in the energy, chemical and renewables sectors.
  
  This expert has significant transaction experience, having worked with clients on buy-side and sell-side transactions, as well as on auctions out of bankruptcy, privatizations, joint ventures, joint development agreements, and private equity and venture capital investments. This expert has also served as interim CEO of a leading solar panel producer, as well as interim CFO of a biodiesel company, where the company was successfully taken through Chapter 11. In addition, this expert has acted as a senior advisor to two exploration and production (E&P) companies.
  
  This expert was President at a biotechnology company, where this expert successfully executed the company's first external capital raising and grew its staff. This expert also served as operating partner to a hedge fund for portfolio companies in the energy sector, leading several successful turnarounds, including an emergence from Chapter 11 and subsequent asset sale.
  

  Relevent Experience:

  - Bankruptcy Experience

  - Energy sector leadership as in-house corporate development professional

  - Private Equity/Hedge Fund Experience

  - Significant renewables experience

  - Investment banking

  - M&A and capital raising focus for the energy sector

  - Litigation support - economic analysis in support of expert testimony

  - Securities litigation, insider trading and antitrust cases
  
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• Expert Witness #248557

  This expert holds an MBA from an Ivy League School and has many years of experience in the securities industry. Currently a founder of an expert witness consulting firm, this expert's expertise extends to security analysis, international transactions, options, futures, and equity and debt instruments. This expert is the former director of a Fortune 500 Company's Options and Stocks and Bonds Departments and co-headed the Options Department at an investment bank. This expert is heavily involved in international arbitrations on securities matters and has provided testimony and inside consulting on numerous Federal District Court matters. This expert is well published, with 30 publications, and has written articles on Punitive Damages and Compensatory Damage Litigation.

  
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• Expert Witness #253253

  This expert leads the intellectual property valuation practice of an internationally recognized consultancy, specializing in Valuation Advisory, Transaction Opinions, and Dispute Consulting. This expert has many years of experience providing consulting services to corporations, law firms, universities, and investment firms primarily in the areas of intellectual property valuation, damages, monetization, and management. This expert has provided testimony as a damages and valuation expert in intellectual property-related litigation including having offered opinions in Federal District Court. This expert has testified on a variety of dispute matters including those with claims associated with patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, fraudulent transfer, breach of contract, and others. This expert has also led project teams on a variety of pre-case and early-case assessments of intellectual property-related damages to assist with decisions related to whether a case should be filed and to support dispute resolution efforts. This expert has performed due diligence and valued intellectual property and other intangible assets for a variety of purposes including: transactions (licensing, purchase/sale, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions), tax strategy and compliance (transfer pricing, trust & estate issues), corporate strategic decision-making, use of intellectual property to attract capital (debt and equity financing), financial reporting, regulatory compliance (Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute), and bankruptcy, among others. This expert has been directly involved in intellectual property licensing negotiations and has developed many reusable intellectual property pricing/valuation models for corporate licensing activities and investment decisions. This expert is an adjunct professor at a Law School where this expert teaches a course on intellectual property valuation. This expert has spoken at conferences or other events for many leading intellectual property, legal, and business organizations including the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Licensing Executives Society (LES), American Bar Association (ABA), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC), and China Appraisal Society, among others.

  
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• Expert Witness #247296

  Collectively, this expert's experiences include direct lending of approximately $500 million to businesses and commercial real estate ventures, and credit review and approval of approximately $1.5 billion. During this expert's many years of education and professional experience in complex business and financial matters, this expert has developed broad experience and expertise in commercial finance, insolvency, real estate, real estate finance and valuation. This expert's experiences encompass business and project evaluation, damage claims/ lost profits, debt and equity structuring, feasibility analysis, financial analysis, investment management, lending and leasing, and valuation. This expert is also a nationally recognized expert in the areas of bankruptcy, financial restructuring, insolvency and workouts and is designated as a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor by the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. This author is well published and is established as an authority in the field through speaking and publishing.

  
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• Expert Witness #253430

  This expert is an accredited business valuation consultant in the Litigation, Forensic, and Valuation Services Group of a nationally recognized leading consultancy. This expert is an executive with many years of experience in valuation, M&A, corporate finance, forensic accounting, litigation support and expert testimony.

  This expert's practice includes dozens of engagements over the years related to partnership and other business disputes requiring forensic accounting, damages analysis and business valuation. These disputed matters have often involved companies in the wholesale and retail food industry, shareholder disputes, mergers and acquisitions, buy/sell agreements, and estate planning. This expert has also valued partial equity interests and stock options. This expert provides fair value financial analysis including ASC 805 purchase price allocations and valuations of intangible assets such as trade names/brands, customer relationships, royalties, patents and technology. This expert has also performed lost profits and financial damages analyses.

  This expert worked as an independent consultant specializing in business valuation and litigation support, and has spent time working among the ranks of the Big Four. This expert also has experience in investment banking, corporate development, and venture capital investments.

  This expert has the distinction of being an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in business valuation with the American Society of Appraisers. This expert is a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst.

  
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• Expert Witness #272527

  This M&A expert has over 45 years of distinguished credentials in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance.

  This expert has demonstrated investment banking and capital-raising expertise through a variety of turnaround management assignments in the healthcare, medical device, manufacturing, insurance, gaming, student housing, and real estate industries. This expert has managed acquisitions of similar companies through the roll-up process and has worked to consolidate those companies to help maximize profitability.

  This expert's consulting work focuses on M&A lead advisory services, complex corporate turnaround services, litigation support services, comprehensive real estate advisory services, and debt and equity financing, and includes litigation support in over 30 cases.

  
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• Expert Witness #279777

  This litigation and investigations expert has experience in international and domestic financial services, mining, and natural resources, combining economics, finance, and accounting expertise with market experience in M&A, public equity offerings, and other corporate transactions. This expert has been retained in over 150 disputes involving entities in over 50 countries and, among depositions, trials, and arbitral hearings, has been cross-examined in over 20 disputes. This expert also teaches a full-semester course on valuation to MBA students at a university.

  This expert is routinely listed in legal directories and industry publications, including recognition for arbitration and mining expertise, with commentary noting an excellent reputation in the assessment of damages quantum.

  This expert's written and oral opinions have been used in U.S. litigation in federal and state courts, foreign litigation, domestic and international arbitrations including ICSID, PCA, ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, JAMS, AAA, and UNCITRAL, and proceedings before the U.S. Department of Commerce.

  This expert has testified in English, Portuguese, and Spanish and has experience with group accounting under Portuguese and Brazilian law. This expert holds a PhD in Finance and Accounting, has worked on over 10 mining disputes, and is currently serving as a testifying expert in multiple mining-related disputes.

  This expert's experience in commercial and investment disputes covers quantum of lost value or profits due to breach of contract, breach of representations and warranties, direct or indirect expropriation in investment treaty arbitrations, reputational harm, and irreparable harm. This expert also performs valuations and forensic accounting analyses related to countervailing duties, appraisal actions, minority shareholder oppression, failing firm analyses, and various M&A disputes and price adjustments.

  This expert also advises on market manipulation matters, fraud-on-the-market assessments, event studies, damages or settlement analyses within Rule 10b-5 and Section 11 matters, and insider trading. This expert's professional experience includes working with investment banking clients on live deals, advising on companies' capital needs, examining earnings and various corporate news in real time, and issuing fairness opinions on pricing, terms, and board review processes.

  This expert's case experience spans industries such as financial services, technology, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, infrastructure, telecom, renewable energy, distribution, media, oil and gas, and mining. This expert has worked on behalf of corporations and their officers and directors, investors, funds, sovereign states and entities, private equity firms, financial institutions, auditors, and U.S. and foreign regulators. This expert is extensively published and often presents about damages and mediation to academic and legal audiences.

  
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• Expert Witness #282685

  This investment advisory expert holds a JD, CFP, and CIMA, and is an experienced senior investment professional with over 35 years of investment management and consulting experience. This expert has broad experience in many aspects of the securities industry, with firsthand experience in mergers and acquisitions, trading, clearing, custody, and recruiting and supervising Financial Advisors. This expert earned a B.A. in Business Administration from a university and a J.D. from a law school.

  This expert currently serves in a senior leadership role at a large registered investment advisory firm, with responsibilities that include managing a book of business as a Financial Planner and Wealth Manager. This expert also serves in senior compliance and operations roles, including keeping the firm compliant and guiding the firm through a number of successful SEC examinations. This expert spent over 20 years at a major financial services firm in a senior investment role working with ultra-high-net-worth families. This expert has testified in FINRA arbitrations, been deposed, written expert reports and rebuttal reports, and served as a FINRA arbitrator.

  This expert has experience supporting arbitration, litigation, and enforcement matters, including conducting internal investigations and responding to and resolving regulatory investigations and examinations. Areas of experience include interpretation of securities and commodity statements, analysis of transactions, determination of client suitability and improper solicitation, analysis of options trading and how market volatility affects client holdings, suitability analysis of client investments, discovery of excessive trading ratios including cost-to-equity, commission-to-equity, and turnover, clarification of client versus broker control of accounts, determination of broker self-interest, assessment of the validity of client complaints, and statutory violations of the 1933 and 1934 Acts.

  
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• Expert Witness #283563

  This mortgage expert is a senior leader at a boutique investment bank that provides efficient, personalized financial solutions in debt and equity markets.

  This expert's team has over 75 years of experience and has closed billions of dollars in loans and hundreds of millions of dollars in investment sales and equity, with core properties including apartments, office and industrial buildings, shopping centers, cold storage freezers, charter schools, mini-storage warehouses, and land leases.

  This expert is a requested speaker at real estate and finance conferences around the United States and has served as an expert witness on numerous occasions, specializing in complex loan structuring, workouts, and bankruptcies.

  This expert holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in both Economics and Real Estate. In a commercial real estate role, this expert closed billions of dollars in real estate transactions, sold hundreds of millions of dollars in Class A, institutional-quality assets, and expanded capital sources to include Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, HUD, life insurance company correspondents, and conduits.

  
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• Expert Witness #296458

  This financial due diligence/regulatory compliance expert is a former investment banker, transactional attorney, and hedge fund counsel/compliance officer whose work focuses on matters at the intersection of litigation, regulation, transactions, and capital markets.

  This expert manages multidisciplinary professional teams in matters involving internal fraud and compliance investigations, corporate governance, and fiduciary duty issues, and frequently supports independent compliance monitors under U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appointments. This expert also advises companies and provides expert testimony on financing, securities, and M&A transactional disputes.

  This expert has conducted numerous internal investigations arising from federal investigations, shareholder allegations, and other circumstances. Substantial experience also includes risk management, operations, compliance issues, and dispute resolution involving private equity and hedge funds.

  This expert provides expert testimony on fiduciary duty and corporate governance issues arising in transactional disputes, shareholder derivative suits, other civil litigation, and criminal prosecutions. This expert has supported numerous independent compliance monitors under appointment by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  This expert previously held senior roles at major advisory and consulting firms and served as a senior executive at an advisory services firm specializing in corporate monitoring, internal investigations, and litigation and regulatory consulting. This expert also served as counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for a registered hedge fund manager with substantial assets under management, was a charter member of an investor advisory group of a public company accounting oversight body, and has taught corporation law at a well-regarded law school.

  
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• Expert Witness #303435

  This venture capital and technology expert is an over 25-year veteran of private equity, credit, and technology markets and has served as a founding partner at a prominent global alternative asset management firm. This expert is a proven global business builder, strategic thinker, and technology investor with deep experience driving value creation across venture, mature, public, and private companies.

  This expert currently leads a technology product and services firm focused on helping enterprises solve high-ROI problems through AI, data, automation, machine learning, and computer vision. This expert previously served as CEO of an AI and computer vision company, where this expert executed a complex turnaround, eliminated significant losses, repositioned the business toward practical AI solutions sold to the C-suite, and led the company to a successful sale. Earlier career experience includes senior leadership roles at investment and asset management firms, with responsibility for transformative investments in technology and digital infrastructure companies. This expert holds an MBA from a prestigious business school and a B.A. in History from a well-regarded university. This expert focuses on leveraging AI and automation to create sustainable competitive advantage and profitable scale.

  This expert has worked in the technology, private equity, private credit, and venture sectors as a partner and operating executive for over 20 years. Most recently, this expert served as a turnaround CEO for an AI and computer vision company that was in bankruptcy. This expert is closely familiar with software, technology, nondisclosure agreements, duty of care, and related business issues. Over more than 20 years, this expert has reviewed and written thousands of investor decks.

  This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.

  
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