Forensic Services
JLA assists in financial dispute resolution and in cases of alleged fraud, impropriety or illicit activities in civil, criminal or regulatory proceedings, often resulting in providing expert witness testimony in court or at arbitration hearings.
Services to Attorneys and Accountants
Professional services firms engage JLA to provide objective and impartial information in connection with disputes and investigations. JLA is an independent professional firm that does not provide audit or tax services, or offer legal advice. Team members have many years of accumulated experience in forensic accounting, and are frequently called upon to give expert evidence in the Courts. JLA’s pragmatic approach draws upon technical expertise supported by extensive commercial experience.
JLA handles a variety of matters:
- Litigation and arbitration support
- Expert witness
- Independent accountant assignments
- Compliance reviews
- Intellectual property and licensing disputes
- Matrimonial, family and business disputes
Asset tracing and recovery
Business valuations
Financial investigations
Quantum assessments
Expert advice and opinion
Computer forensics
Services to Investors
Investors require complete and accurate information, particularly when situations become complex. JLA provides objective and impartial advice that enables greater insight and assists investors in determining appropriate courses of action.
JLA offers support in a variety of areas:
- Shareholder / partnership disputes
- Fraud investigations
- Funds / asset tracing
Asset tracing and recovery
Business valuations
Financial investigations
Expert advice and opinion
Computer forensics
Services to Individuals
JLA has long experience addressing the needs of individuals. As a trusted and objective advisor, JLA can provide support across a broad range of situations, including matrimonial and family disputes.
Asset tracing and recovery
Business valuations
Financial investigations
Expert advice and opinion
Services to Financial Institutions
Financial institutions require a full and clear understanding in connection with the companies within their loan or investment portfolio. JLA has the expertise and experience to secure, analyze and interpret the information that is critical to achieving that understanding.
Asset tracing and recovery
Business valuations
Financial investigations
Expert advice and opinion
Services to Regulators and Government Agencies
Regulators and government agencies often engage JLA to provide objective and impartial opinions on a range of situations.
Asset tracing and recovery
Business valuations
Quantum assessments
Financial investigations
Expert advice and opinion
Asset Tracing and Recovery
JLA is frequently retained to analyze and report on the financial affairs of companies and individuals (particularly in connection with divorce proceedings and business disputes). These investigations have included the review of assets held through offshore companies or joint ventures, the analysis of earnings from partnerships or sole proprietorships, misappropriation or theft of funds by employees, tracing of dissipated assets and ascertaining the ultimate beneficiary of the assets investigated. In certain cases, we have also assisted in the recovery of the dissipated assets.
Business Valuations
Independent valuation of businesses can be an important objective in a variety of situations, involving businesses, individuals and families. JLA can provide expert and objective support. As an example, in matrimonial cases, where JLA has been appointed as a single joint expert or party appointed expert, we have been called upon to value businesses owned by the petitioner, the respondent, or both. Our valuation may then be submitted to the court to establish the true worth of matrimonial assets.
Financial Investigations
JLA acts on behalf of a range of clients in performing financial investigations. We have experience in many types of situations, which could include ascertaining misappropriation of clients’ assets or assets held in trust, investigation of insider trading, internal control reviews (including FCPA and anti-bribery legislation enacted in the UK and other jurisdictions), control design and implementation to prevent fraud, investigations of directors’ misappropriation of company funds, alleged dissipation of assets, and asset tracing.
Quantum Assessments
JLA is frequently called upon to ascertain the quantum of loss incurred by a client as a result of alleged breach of contract by contractors or other parties. JLA has advised numerous clients in connection with quantifying losses, negotiating settlements and otherwise achieving resolution in difficult situations.
Expert Advice and Opinion
JLA provides support to parties involved in a range of situations – both contentious and non-contentious. We act as expert Independent Accountant in various financial and accounting matters, working with legal advisors and others involved in disputes to provide litigation support (including arbitration matters).
JLA works across a broad spectrum of industries and situations. Representative engagements would include offering expert opinions in matters of corporate fraud, breaches of contract, failure of management to discharge corporate responsibility.
Computer Forensics
JLA computer forensic specialists can obtain forensic data from computer hard drives and other information contained on a company’s (or individual’s) server. A typical engagement could include analyzing e-mail correspondence of the target and recipients, and undertaking other actions to ascertain unauthorized transfers of company information, detect fraud or identify other actions negatively impacting a company’s or individual’s situation.