Howard Rosen has more than 40 years of experience advising on all aspects of business valuations, damages quantification, and corporate finance– related matters. He has advised private and public companies, regulatory bodies, and all levels of government on a wide variety of industries. His work experience covers assignments across North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Mr. Rosen has testified in damages quantification and valuation matters on more than 200 occasions.
Mr. Rosen has acted as court–appointed administrator, monitor, and inspector, and sat as a member of an damages and has lectured extensively to professional interest groups.
Mr. Rosen has acted on business transactions for public and private equity investors, conducting strategic due diligence, valuations, and deal structuring for buyers and sellers. He has advised independent committees of boards of directors on non-arm’s length transactions and acted as the chair of independent committees of boards of directors for assessing the “fairness” of transactions.
Mr. Rosen’s corporate finance experience extends to private equity investments and managing investments through liquidity transactions, including sales to strategic buyers and IPOs. He currently sits on the advisory committee of an institutional investor. His past board positions have included a global agriculture trading business (Vice-Chair and Lead Independent Director), a junior resource company (gas and mining), a specialty manufacturer, and a medical software and devices company where he served as chair of the audit committee.
He has been listed as one of the leading valuations and damages experts in Canada by Lexpert and Internationally by Who’s Who Legal as one of the top experts in international commercial arbitration worldwide every year since the list’s inception beginning in 2011.
Mr. Rosen is recognized consistently by Who’s Who Legal annually in many key listings, most recently including:
- Thought Leaders Global Elite – Arbitration Expert Witnesses 2023
- Thought Leaders Global Elite – Quantum of Damages 2023
- Thought Leaders Global Elite – Mining Experts 2023
- Thought Leaders – Arbitration Expert Witnesses 2022
Global Leader
- Arbitration 2023 Expert Witness – Global Elite Thought Leader
- Energy Experts 2022 – Recommended
- Experts – Financial Advisory and Valuation – Quantum of Damages 2022 – Recommended
- Mining Experts 2023 – Recommended
National Leader
- Canada – Arbitration Expert Witnesses 2022 – Recommended
Mr. Rosen has acted as an instructor at the NITA and FIAA Expert Witness Trial Practice Programs, the MIDS Program at the University of Geneva, and as an MBA instructor at York University’s Schulich School of Business in Toronto. He is also a member of the CIMVal Committee, which is one of the global groups that recommends and sets standards for the valuation of mineral