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Hedge Funds Expert Witnesses

Hedge funds expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on hedge funds. The hedge funds expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Business Damages, Business Operations, Business Valuation, Cryptocurrency, Financial, Fraud, Securities & Investments, Technology, and Trusts & Estates.

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Lester T Brol, CFA

Institutional Investments & Derivatives Expert

Brol Capital Management, LLC

Huntsville, Alabama

Securities & Investments, Financial - Hedging - risk management, Quantitative Modeling of Damages, Futures, Annnuities, Trade Cost Analysis - Best Execution, Fiduciary Duties of RIA, Asset Allocation, Alternative Investments, Damages - portfolio liquidation, Portfolio Margin, Hedge Funds, Leveraged ETFs, Volatility Products and Strategies, Options, Commodities

Lester Brol, CFA Expert Witness in Securities, Commodities, and Investment Management Litigation Lester Brol is a seasoned investment professional with over 41 years of hands-on experience in portfolio management, risk assessment, quantitative trading, and institutional consulting. Specializing in securities and commodities disputes, he provides expert testimony on topics including damages modeling, best execution practices, asset allocation strategies, hedging, options and futures, fiduciary duties, and performance evaluation. His insights have supported litigation involving pension funds, mutual funds, hedge funds and high-net-worth individuals, helping attorneys uncover damages relating to investment strategies, margin and trading. Mr. Brol launched his career at The Northern Trust Company in Chicago, IL., as a Portfolio Manager and Vice President in the Trust Investment Department. There, he advised clients on asset allocation, portfolio restructuring, and risk management, whi...

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David C. Hinman, CFA

Bond / Loan Asset Management, Trading & Valuation

Hinman Capital Services LLC (HCS)

Corona del Mar, California

Financial, Securities & Investments - Investment Management, Bond Trading, Private Credit, Emerging Market Debt, High Yield Bonds, CLOs, Hedge Funds, Closed-End Funds, Fund NAV, Credit Derivatives/CDS, Benchmarks, Prospectus Disclosure, Bond Defaults / Restructurings, GIPS, Bank Loans, Structured Products, 144a/Reg S, Bond Pricing, Investment Composites, Investment Strategy

David Hinman, CFA has 27 years of finance experience and 23 years of fixed income asset management experience, including 10 years at PIMCO. In his career, he has managed CLOs, hedge funds, and closed- and open-ended mutual funds. His expertise includes analyzing, trading, and managing portfolios of credit derivatives, investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, bank loans, emerging market debt (EMD), and structured credit. As an investor, he has also participated in numerous corporate bankruptcies and debt restructurings and served on creditor workout committees. He co-founded and sold a SEC registered investment advisor, which focused on investing in EMD, where he served as Chief Investment Officer. He has expertise regarding hedge and mutual fund disclosures, documentation, and regulations. He has detailed familiarity with bond offering documents, typical disclosures, as well as bond investor expectations regarding information provided by both issuers and underwriters. ...

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Patrick Kelly

Hedge Fund Management, Fiduciary Duty, Derivatives

Next Alpha Capital, LLC

San Diego, California

Securities & Investments, Financial - Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Standard of Care, Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Hedge Funds, NAV / Valuation Disputes, Fee Disputes, Financial Contract Disputes, Incentive Allocations, Derivatives, Futures, Options, PPM, Due Diligence, Regulatory Compliance, AML, KYC, Lending Agreements

Patrick Kelly provides expert analysis in complex financial matters involving fiduciary duty, conflicts of interest, valuation, fee disputes, disclosure practices, and regulatory compliance, and is available for analysis, consulting, report writing, and testimony. His hedge fund management, financial regulatory, and fiduciary experience, combined with his engineering background, provide a disciplined analytical approach to complex financial matters. He is a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) representative and former hedge fund founder and manager with experience in derivatives, valuation, and regulatory compliance. He oversaw all aspects of hedge fund operations, including structuring, governance, offering and disclosure documents, portfolio management, financial reporting, investor communications, and fund winddown. He has completed three routine regulatory examinations, including two National Futures Association (NFA) examinations and one California DFPI examination. Areas o...

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Marty Dirks

Investment Mgt - Alternative Investments Expert

Investment Strategy & Analysis

San Francisco, California

Securities & Investments, Business Damages - Materiality of Information, Damages, Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Insider Trading, Stock Options, Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Pension Plans, Ponzi Scheme, Short Selling, Suitability, Business Valuation

Marty Dirks has more than 30 years of institutional investment experience with expertise in hedge fund management, valuation and analysis of securities, analysis of corporate accounting fraud, and other complex investment-related issues. As an analyst and short selling hedge fund manager from 1989 through 2010, he has special expertise in the analysis of fraud and misrepresentation by publicly-traded companies. Mr. Dirks is a Senior Adjunct Professor of Finance at Golden Gate University (2006-present). He was the director of research at McCullough, a value equity manager, from 2010-2012. He was a board member for the San José pension plan from 2011-2019. From his roles as an Adjunct Professor and Investment Consultant he has proven his ability as a confident public speaker with the ability to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences. His corporate industry experience includes working at Cooper Industries (1987-1989), a Fortune 100 manufacturing company, and at Texas Instrume...

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Max Holmes

Investor / Lawyer / NYU Stern Professor

Useful LLC

Greenwich, Connecticut

Business Valuation, Securities & Investments - Antitrust, Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business Damages, Business Valuation, Contract Disputes, Cryptocurrency, Due Diligence, Fiduciary Duty, Financial, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Insurance, Investment Banking, Investment Management, Lending, Leveraged Buyouts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity

Max Holmes has over 40 years of experience as a portfolio manager, research analyst, board member, lawyer, NYU Professor and expert witness. Since 1993, Max Holmes has been an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University, teaching "Bankruptcy and Reorganization." Max Holmes has been the Chief Investment Officer / Lead Portfolio Manager for two large hedge funds ($2.7 billion and $5.4 billion of peak AUM) as well as an insurance company portfolio and a mutual fund portfolio. The funds invested in credit, capital structure arbitrage, distressed debt, rescue finance, direct lending, specialty finance, event stocks and special situations securities, including long and short positions. The funds invested across the capital structure: bank debt, DIP loans, second lien debt, secured and unsecured bonds, floating rate and fixed rate notes, trade claims, preferred stock, common stock, put and call options and credit default swaps (CDS). In...

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Edward Scott

Private Equity/Debt, Securities, Ai, Bankruptcy

BelleGreen LLC

Riverside, Connecticut

Securities & Investments, Technology - Private Equity, Private Credit, Investment Management, Fund NAV, CLOs, Bank Debt , High Yield Bonds, Hedge Funds, Restructurings, Bankruptcies, Business Valuations, Securities Valuations, Fraud, Securities Disclosure, Artificial Intelligence, Software, Data Centers, Data & Analytics, M&A, Capital Markets

Mr. Scott is a former partner at Apollo one of the world's largest alternative asset management firms and is a recognized expert in private equity, private credit, bankruptcies, valuations and corporate turnarounds. He has invested in scores of private equity and private credit situations. Having served as a partner and senior executive at some of the world's leading alternative investment firms, Mr. Scott is intimately familiar with all aspects of securities and corporate valuations as well as conflicts including NAV. Today, he frequently serves as a board member, consultant and expert witness. Mr. Scott has over 25 years of experience as both an investor and C-suite turnaround executive with deep expertise in Ai, computer vision, data centers and software. Mr. Scott was a founder of InterXion N.V. (Europe's largest data center business with over 50 facilities the globe) and a founding investor/board member of publicly traded Akamai - the US' largest edge compute platform serving ...

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James W. Lovely, BBA, MBA, JD

Derivatives and Capital Markets Expert Witness

Lakeland, Florida

Securities & Investments, Financial - Derivatives, Swaps, Futures, ISDA/SIFMA/NAESB Documentation, UCC Article 8, Foreign Currency, Financial Products, Municipal Bonds, Hedge Funds, Securitization, CFTC and SEC Compliance, LIBOR/SOFR transition issues, Secured Transactions, Commodity Finance, Agricultural Hedging, Unauthorized Trading, Churning, Howey Test

James Lovely provides expert witness, litigation support, and consulting services concerning all types of derivatives and other capital markets products. His expertise encompasses both academic training and extensive legal and financial work experience involving the regulation, structuring, hedging, documentation, execution, management and termination of financial products, including futures, options, swaps, derivatives, and bonds, ISDA, NAESB and SIFMA documentation, repurchase agreements, liquidity facilities, structured financial products, commercial paper programs, securitizations, commodity financing, and prime brokerage arrangements. He also advises clients on LIBOR/SOFR transition issues. He is experienced with the U.C.C., including particularly Article 8 of the UCC related to securities and financial asset transfers and Article 9 related to secured transactions.

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Randall Valentine, PhD

Valentine Forensic Finance

Expert Witness in Cryptocurrency, Financial Damages, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Credit Damages

Gulfport, Mississippi

Cryptocurrency, Financial - Financial Damages from Cryptocurrency, Business Valuation, Hedge Funds, Lost Profits, Arbitration, Fiduciary Duty, Personal Injury Damages, Forensic Finance, Banking, Bankruptcy, Wrongful Death, Business Damages, Fraud, Wrongful Termination, Real Estate

As founder and lead expert of Valentine Forensic Finance, I bring a proven track record in delivering clear, credible, and defensible economic opinions for litigation. With a Ph.D. in Finance from Mississippi State University, a Graduate Certificate in FinTech from Wharton (University of Pennsylvania), and a Graduate Certificate in AI from Wharton, my expertise blends rigorous academic training with practical courtroom experience. Over the course of my career, I have served as an expert witness in personal injury and wrongful death economic damages cases, wrongful termination claims, general financial damages disputes, cryptocurrency asset valuation and fraud cases, and credit damage matters. My analyses are grounded in accepted forensic economic methodologies, supported by peer-reviewed research, and tailored to withstand cross-examination. My work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and USA Today and has even influenced public health policy abroad. In addition to ...

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Barclay T. Leib, CFE, CAIA

Alt Investments / Hedge Funds / Trading Practices

Sand Spring Advisors LLC

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...

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Ed Hannon, CFA

Asset Management • Hedge Funds • Alternatives

Alternative Strategy Institute

Mahwah, New Jersey

Financial, Business Operations - Asset Management, Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Fixed Income, Derivatives

Ed Hannon, CFA has spent more than three decades as an alternative investment portfolio manager, trader, and investor and serves as an advisor to the institutional and family office investment community. Ed possesses a wealth of experience as an investment professional. He has evaluated the investment strategy, operational, and compliance programs of a large number and variety of hedge funds and brings a deep understanding of investment strategy and operational strengths and weaknesses. Ed received a BS from The Pennsylvania State University and is a CFA Charterholder. https://www.altstratinst.com/

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David C. Hinman, CFA

Bond / Loan Asset Management, Trading & Valuation

Hinman Capital Services LLC (HCS)

New York

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Max Holmes

Investor / Lawyer / NYU Stern Professor

Useful LLC

New York

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Kerry Campbell, CFA®, CFP®, AIFA®

Trust and Estates, Investment Advisors & Divorce

Kerry Campbell LLC

Staten Island, New York

Securities & Investments, Trusts & Estates - Uniform Prudent Investor Act, UPIA, Trust and Estates, Trustee Duty of Impartiality, Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Damages, Investment Suitability, Financial Planning, Portfolio Management, Asset Allocation, Investment Due Diligence, Divorce, Matrimonial, Hedge Funds, FINRA, Annuities

Mr. Campbell has over 30 years of financial industry experience. He is the principal of a financial litigation and investment management consulting firm, Kerry Campbell LLC, where he serves as a financial expert witness during litigations and provides consulting services to financial institutions and investors. He has worked in investment research and portfolio management, as a Managing Director at Arden Asset Management, and as a Senior Vice President at Guggenheim Partners. He has worked in prime broker risk management as a Managing Director at Bear Stearns. Prior to that he worked as a commissioned registered representative, a funding officer and as a credit analyst/loan officer. Mr. Campbell received a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Finance Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University Gabelli School of Business. He is an Approved FINRA Dispute Resolution Arbitrator, a Cha...