Chris Milburn has more than 25 years of experience quantifying economic damages and the valuation of business interests and financial investigations in international arbitrations, commercial litigation, insurance litigation, personal injury litigation, tax litigation, and consulting.
His work experience includes hundreds of matters relating to assets and business interests all over the world across many industries including mining, oil & gas, energy, financial services, infrastructure, real estate, asset management, manufacturing, software, and pharmaceuticals. He has prepared expert opinion reports on valuation and economic damages issues in disputes before Canadian, US, UK, and Australian domestic courts, and in commercial and investor-state/treaty arbitrations under many forums including the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). He has provided expert testimony numerous times on the quantification of economic damages, including in the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba, and international arbitration cases heard at the World Bank in Washington D.C., the World Bank in Paris, the New York International Arbitration Centre, Maxwell Chambers in Singapore and Arbitration Place in Toronto.
Mr. Milburn has been recognized by Lexology Index (previously Who’s Who Legal): Arbitration Expert Witnesses since 2014 and is ranked as a Global Elite Thought Leader among financial advisory experts (quantum of damages). Lexology describes him as “a distinguished damages and valuations expert with deep expertise navigating major financial investigations and disputes arising from the energy and natural resources, financial services and property sectors, among others.” He is further praised as “excellent at anticipating how a case will evolve” and “a great partner in thinking through how to position evidence,” and noted as coming “well recommended by peers for his profound financial knowledge that facilitates his analysis reports.” Mr. Milburn has also been recognized by Lexology as one of Canada’s leading arbitration expert witnesses since 2015 and as “a highly skilled expert who possesses significant experience in the valuation of mining claims,” backed by over 25 years of experience.
Mr. Milburn is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified Management Accountant (CPA/CMA), a Chartered Business Valuator (CBV), and is a Qualified Valuator (QV)under the Canadian Institute of Mining’s Valuation Standards and Guidelines