Litigation Support

The firm’s litigation support services include expert testimony in banking and financial disputes, forensic research and analysis, pre-litigation support, and counseling clients on case strategy, discovery and depositions. Our principals and senior consultants are experts in:


Commercial and Real Estate Lending
  • Domestic and international lending to businesses, commercial real estate owners and developers, government agencies and high-net-worth individuals
  • ADC loans and permanent financing
  • Loans secured by receivables, inventory and equipment
  • Credit enhancements, structured finance
  • Bankruptcies, post-bankruptcy financings

Loan Approval and Administration
  • Business and commercial real estate loan policies and practices
  • Due diligence and underwriting standards
  • Loan workouts and collections
  • Insider dealings and conflicts of interest
  • Loan review policies and practices


Business and Consumer Banking
  • Branch banking management and operations, including online banking
  • Small business and consumer lending
  • International banking including cross-border lending, letters of credit and foreign exchange
  • Industry standards of customer care


Operations
  • Central operating departments and branch offices – policies and procedures
  • Online banking
  • Wire transfers, funds availability, check clearance, check processing and check cashing
  • Various types of frauds including forgeries, counterfeits, Web-based schemes and financial manipulations involving elderly individuals


Management Policies and Practices
  • Banking industry standards; policies and practices in domestic and international lending, branch banking and central operations
  • Various human resource issues including board and management responsibilities and conduct


Derivatives and Risk Management
  • Unwinding complex derivatives contracts
  • Transaction analysis and valuation
  • Sales practices, risk disclosure and suitability
  • Negotiation support and strategy

 

Regulatory Compliance

  • Compliance in bank lending, operations and management
  • Expertise includes BSA, AML, CRA and FCRA

Trusts, Investments and Custody

  • Portfolio management, investment research
  • Suitability, fiduciary duty, supervision, standards of care
  • Trust and custodial agreements
  • ERISA fiduciary matters


The principals of Bank Experts maintain a network of experienced former bankers with skills and experience that complement their own. To determine if one of them can meet your highly specialized needs for a banking or financial expert, please Contact Us at no cost or obligation to you.