Professional Negligence

BRG professionals provide independent advisory, investigation and dispute resolution services and expert testimony to auditors, company directors, regulators, shareholders, investors, legal and financial advisors and other stakeholders in a range of professional negligence situations.

Our experts have deep experience in negligence issues relating to accounting and audit, the valuation of shares and other assets, real estate valuation and project management, construction and design across commercial, industrial and residential property and infrastructure development.

Situations which may give rise to a need for our expert insight and services include:

Audit and Accounting Responsibility and Conduct

• Regulatory investigations/reviews
• Insolvencies
• Fraud
• Restatements
• Transactions: mergers and acquisitions (including distressed M&A)
• Litigation
• Due diligence exercises

Business and Share Valuation Negligence

• Review of the valuation process
• Review of the documentation produced and procedures followed in the valuation process
• Analysis of information sourced for, and prepared in the course of, the valuation process
• Assessment whether the basis of valuation adopted was appropriate in the circumstances
• Analysis of forecasts relied on in the preparation of the valuation
• Review of technical valuation assumptions made, and valuation methods and techniques used, in the valuation analysis

Real Estate Valuation Negligence

• Loss of real estate development and investment value
• Investigation and review of real estate valuations for financial statements
• Valuation issues relating to real estate tax planning and liabilities
• Transactions and refinancing of commercial real estate
• Litigation
• Valuations of property liabilities arising out of landlord and tenant disputes

Project Management, Construction Management and Design Negligence

• Design and construction defect analyses
• Design team standard of care evaluations
• Project management and construction management professional standard of care evaluations
• Evolution of design and change order entitlement
• Quantification and entitlement of damages
• Claim analysis, delay and disruption analysis
• Expert testimony and provision of expert witness reports
• Analysis of engineering and construction accidents to determine cause and accountability
• Evaluation of design and construction defects to predict necessity or likelihood of a simple repair or complete removal and replacement
• Building and facility evaluations to assess property conditions and provide estimates of deferred maintenance and repairs