Gordon
Macleod
Partner
Gordon Macleod has over 20 years of financial markets experience, having worked at a number of leading international banks, and is a testifying expert in high-value arbitration and litigation matters. He specializes in complex transactions, accounting standards, and financial analysis, frequently advising on issues involving IFRS, US GAAP, valuations, and regulatory investigations across global jurisdictions.
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- COFCO: Served as testifying expert in a Dutch ICC arbitration on mark-to-market valuations and application of relevant accounting standards in a major civil fraud case relating to misstated financial statements.
- NYSE-Listed Financial Services Firm: Supported the independent compliance monitor appointed by the DOJ due to the firm's involvement in market manipulation schemes.
- International Bank Arbitration: Supported a claim by an international bank against a commodity trader over a failed margin call and subsequent closeout in Dubai arbitration, providing evidence supporting the bank’s position that it had acted reasonably and had not breached regulatory duties.
- Middle Eastern Bank: Supported bank’s defense against allegations of improperly awarding and restructuring loans by reviewing evidence and preparing a report in response to demonstrate the flaws in the prosecution’s reports and evidence.
- European Bank: Served as testifying expert on banking practices and quantum of loss in civil litigation in the London commercial court between a major European bank and its insurers relating to defaulted commodity finance trades (“ABN Amro Bank NV v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc & Ors [2021] EWHC 442 (Comm)”).
- Dutch Civil Litigation: Prepared an expert report on evidence in a Dutch civil litigation case relating to alleged failures by the auditors to identify material misstatements in the financial statements.
- European Bank: Calculated trading profits on a portfolio of structured products of a major European bank and presented to the US DOJ in the context of alleged FCPA violations.
- International Engineering Company: Prepared and presented to the US DOJ a study of the company’s ability to pay a penalty in the context of alleged FCPA violations.
Biography
Gordon Macleod has over 20 years of financial markets experience, having worked at a number of leading international banks, and is a testifying expert in high-value arbitration and litigation matters. He specializes in complex transactions, accounting standards, and financial analysis, frequently advising on issues involving IFRS, US GAAP, valuations, and regulatory investigations across global jurisdictions.
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Mr Justice Jacobs on FRA partner Gordon Macleod’s expert witness testimony in ABN Amro Bank NV v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc & Ors [2021] EWHC 442 (Comm)
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