Mr. Porter specializes in security and business valuation and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation granted by the CFA Institute. He has more than ten years of experience preparing expert reports on business valuation and economic damages for litigation and international arbitration.
Brendan Porter specializes in security and business valuation and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation granted by the CFA Institute. He has more than ten years of experience preparing expert reports on business valuation and economic damages for litigation and international arbitration.
Mr. Porter handles assets and business interests of various industries: mining, oil & gas, manufacturing, real estate, aerospace, and financial services. He has prepared expert reports in international arbitration under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, ICDR, and ICSID and for litigation in U.S. Federal and State courts. Mr. Porter has analyzed more than 100 businesses to assess valuation and solvency, perform mergers & acquisition analyses, and more.
Before joining Secretariat, Mr. Porter was a Senior Associate at a boutique expert–witness firm in Boston, specializing in business valuation, securities litigation and damages quantification for U.S. litigation.
Did Accounting Classifications Play a Role in SVB’s Collapse?
Associate Director Brendan Porter authored “Did Accounting Classifications Play a Role in SVB’s Collapse?” in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. The article examines the nuances of accounting classifications issues and the potential relation of these issues to Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. READ THE ARTICLE
Secretariat’s Norman Harrison and Ben Boorer, together with Taylor Wessing attorneys Natasha Zahid and Mohammed Tartir, dive into the latest whistleblower issues and trends across the US, Europe, and the Middle East in their article, “When the Whistle Blows.”
Secretariat Experts Contribute to “2024 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments”
Secretariat team members Stuart Gurrea, Jéssica Dutra, Wei Tan, Pablo Varas, and Noah Case have contributed to “Chapter I — Restraints of Trade” in the recently published “2024 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments” from the ABA Antitrust Law Section. Michael Koenig contributed to “Chapter VIII — Civil Government Enforcement”.