Christine Oliver

Christine has given evidence in court and has prepared expert witness reports, supported other experts in the preparation of their reports, and given consulting advice across a broad range of matters. She also regularly acts as an independent accounting expert in post-acquisition and other contractual disputes, and she has assisted parties in drafting submissions for such experts.

Prior to joining Ankura, Christine was a partner at a Big 4 global accountancy firm, where she led their Australian dispute advisory practice.

Christine’s professional experience includes:

• Appointed as independent accountant to determine a completion accounts dispute between two listed entities in the telecommunications sector.
• Served as advisor to a private equity firm on a completion accounts dispute relating to the acquisition of a global logistics company, resulting in a successful determination.
• Instructed as independent valuation expert by the defendants in a claim relating to professional negligence in respect to the valuation of a distiller and distributor of alcoholic beverages.
• Instructed as accounting and quantum expert by plaintiffs in a claim concerning breach of warranty in a transaction. Addressed the appropriateness of the accounting in warranted financial statements, related valuation effects, the materiality of certain pre-SPA disclosures, and loss quantification.
• Instructed as an expert in a family law matter relating to digital assets including beneficial ownership, funds tracing, and valuation issues.
• Served as advisor to listed entities in class action disputes including providing advice on the reasonableness of forward-looking statements, compliance with accounting standards, budgeting, board reporting, and loss quantification including event studies, volume analysis, and first-principles valuation.