Ben
Walter
Associate Director
Ben Walter has over a decade of forensic accounting and audit experience. He has led cross-border investigations, monitorships, litigation support, and complex penalty and disgorgement calculations across industries that include aerospace, energy and resources, consumer, healthcare, IT, banking and others. A Chartered Accountant, Ben has supported high-profile matters before the DOJ, SFO and other global regulators.
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- NYSE-Listed Financial Services Firm: Supported the independent compliance monitor appointed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) due to the firm's involvement in market manipulation schemes.
- Litasco: Provided expert forensic support for the defendant in a USD 2b dispute involving a highly complex quantum valuation model for the damages calculation.
- Revolution Beauty: Performed an independent investigation into concerns related to the acquisition of a supplier, loans to distributors and senior employees, and changes to the company’s accounting policies, resulting in resumption of audit work and lifting of the company’s AIM-listing suspension.
- Gunvor: Supported the Swiss-based commodities trading firm with penalty calculations and the magnitude of profits as part of bribery investigations by the US DOJ and Swiss authorities, impacting the eventual settlement quantum of USD 660m.
- Oligarch / Fiduciary Dispute: Conducted a forensic review into allegations of mismanagement and misappropriation of funds held on behalf of the family of an oligarch imprisoned in Russia to support a dispute with the ex-fiduciaries.
- Petrofac: Supported the fine calculation and ability-to-pay assessment (GBP 77m) for the guilty plea with the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
- Defense Company: Supported company and counsel in an audit of tangible and intangible exports, reporting findings to His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HRMC) and assisting with improvements to support future export control compliance.
- Multinational Software Company: Supported company and counsel with an investigation into allegations of inappropriate revenue recognition and corruption by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- Insurance Company: Supported a regulatory investigation into issues surrounding inappropriate workplace culture, which included collecting, hosting and reviewing 5.5TB of unstructured data from email services, chat applications and employee mobile devices for review by regulator and company counsel.
- Global Medical Device Manufacturer: Assisted a global medical device manufacturer headquartered in India with a time-sensitive investigation into whistleblower allegations of bribery and misconduct in its Turkish subsidiary.
- Airbus: Supported the multi-year, multinational investigation, resulting in a EUR 3.6b settlement with four investigative authorities: the UK SFO, the US DOJ and Department of State (DOS), and the French Parquet National Financier (PNF).
Biography
Ben Walter has over a decade of forensic accounting and audit experience. He has led cross-border investigations, monitorships, litigation support, and complex penalty and disgorgement calculations across industries that include aerospace, energy and resources, consumer, healthcare, IT, banking and others. A Chartered Accountant, Ben has supported high-profile matters before the DOJ, SFO and other global regulators.
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