Foreign Exchange Expert Witnesses

Morristown, New Jersey

Securities & Investments, Fraud - Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, Trading Practices, Security Manipulation, Fiduciary Duty, Due Diligence, Forensic Audit, CFE, CAIA, Options, Foreign Exchange, Precious Metals, Venture Capital, Real Estate

Barclay Leib, CFE, CAIA is an accomplished alternative asset due diligence professional who has been conducting due diligence and asset allocation on a variety of alternative investments (hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, alternative direct lending) for the majority of the past 25 years. He previously was a senior derivatives trader at firms including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Bank, and Societe Generale for the first 20-years of his career. He also ran Alternatives Research for Fortigent LLC ($70 bln of assets advised) for two years. Mr. Leib has testified in both AAA arbitration and in Court cases in matters related to hedge funds, due diligence, fiduciary duty, and market manipulation. He has also assisted the SEC, CFTC, SDNY, and FBI, as well as several law firms, in various financial investigations that have resulted in successful criminal prosecutions. Mr. Leib holds an active FINRA Series 65 license, as well as currently inactive Series 7 & 63 license...

New York

Securities & Investments, Fraud - Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, Trading Practices, Security Manipulation, Fiduciary Duty, Due Diligence, Forensic Audit, CFE, CAIA, Options, Foreign Exchange, Precious Metals, Venture Capital, Real Estate

Barclay Leib, CFE, CAIA is an accomplished alternative asset due diligence professional who has been conducting due diligence and asset allocation on a variety of alternative investments (hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, alternative direct lending) for the majority of the past 25 years. He previously was a senior derivatives trader at firms including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Bank, and Societe Generale for the first 20-years of his career. He also ran Alternatives Research for Fortigent LLC ($70 bln of assets advised) for two years. Mr. Leib has testified in both AAA arbitration and in Court cases in matters related to hedge funds, due diligence, fiduciary duty, and market manipulation. He has also assisted the SEC, CFTC, SDNY, and FBI, as well as several law firms, in various financial investigations that have resulted in successful criminal prosecutions. Mr. Leib holds an active FINRA Series 65 license, as well as currently inactive Series 7 & 63 license...

Thornhill, Ontario

Securities & Investments, Banking - Foreign Exchange, FX Payments, Cross-Border Payments, Economic insights, Algorithmic Trading, Electronic Trading, Single Currency Payments, NDFs, Compliance, FX Spot & Options, Market Liquidity, Payment Rails, Emerging Markets, Best Execution Practices, Market Making, FX Hedging

Mohammad H. Ali, CFA is a seasoned capital markets professional possessing over 26 years of financial market and consulting experience. His particular area of product expertise includes Foreign exchange dealing and Payments processes. Additionally, Mohammad has managed global teams situated in major financial centres, spearhead enhancement of documents such as the FX Global Code of Conduct and led major electronic trading transformations within the currency trading and payments space. Mr. Ali spent the majority of his career within the securities division of Toronto Dominion Bank leaving the firm in 2020 as Managing Director and Global Head of Foreign Exchange trading where he oversaw a team of 25 traders and quant analysts, executed Billion dollar+ Cross Currency FX M&A transactions and executed a major re-haul of TD Bank’s Global EFX trading platform. Mohammad also brings with him extensive experience in the macro-economic research space across Developed and Emerging markets. Mo...