Our Expertise
BankExperts professionals have worked across a broad range of banking and financial disciplines.
The following illustrate areas in which we have provided expert-witness, litigation-advisory and consulting services.
- Commercial and industrial lending
- Commercial real estate lending
- Construction finance
- Asset-based lending
- Loan structuring and documentation
- Loan participations and syndications
- Guarantees
- Collateral and security interests
- Loan administration
- Problem loans and workouts
- Lender liability
- Accepted lending practices
- Creditworthiness and the 5 C's of credit underwriting
- Borrower and guarantor evaluation
- Repayment capacity and cash flow
- Financial statement analysis
- Collateral evaluation
- Loan-to-value considerations
- Due diligence
- Loan structure and documentation
- Credit policy
- Risk ratings
- Portfolio management
- Loan review
- Reserves and problem-credit identification
- Deposit accounts
- Checks and negotiable instruments
- Account administration
- Wire and electronic funds transfers
- Fedwire, CHIPS, SWIFT, ACH transactions and other payment systems
- Online banking
- Internal controls
- Back-office practices
- Unauthorized transactions
- Operational fraud
- Bank management and governance
- Board and management responsibilities, including "credible challenge"
- Credit and portfolio risk
- Enterprise risk management
- Regulatory compliance and enforcement orders
- Bank examinations
- Supervisory matters
- Financial crimes and BSA/AML
- Safety-and-soundness criticism and remediation
- Policies, procedures and internal controls
- Accepted banking practices
- Forgery and counterfeit instruments
- Fraudulent and unauthorized funds transfers
- Cyber-enabled fraud
- Identity and account fraud
- Ponzi and investment schemes
- Elder financial abuse
- Suspicious activity and red flags
- Bank response to suspected fraud
- Trust administration
- Fiduciary duties and standards of care
- Investment management
- Investment suitability
- Prudent-investor standards
- Portfolio management
- Institutional investment practices
- Investment-advisory services
- Responsibilities of trustees and other fiduciaries
- Cross-border lending
- Trade finance
- Letters of credit
- Foreign exchange
- Correspondent banking
- Sovereign and country risk
- International credit risk
- Parent-company guarantees and guarantor arrangements
- Transaction structuring
- International payment mechanisms
- SWIFT
- Multinational banking customs and practices
- Problem-bank and crisis management
- Turnaround planning
- Regulatory response strategies, including Matters Requiring Attention (MRAs)
- Portfolio review
- Credit administration
- Operating and management practices, including good faith and fair dealing
- Governance and board matters
Need Expertise Not Listed Here?
Because banking and financial disputes often involve highly specialized issues, in addition to the areas above, BankExperts maintains a network of senior professionals with specialized knowledge in other areas of banking and financial services.