Evan Wright

Prior to joining Ankura, Evan was a director in a valuations and dispute advisory practice at a Big 4 firm in Australia. Known for his deep technical knowledge, he has advised clients on some of the largest and most complex disputes and valuations across a range of sectors.

Evan’s expertise in quantification of loss and damages comes from a wide variety of local disputes and international arbitrations, where he has acted as both an independent expert and a consulting expert. His experience includes disputes related to breach of contract, shareholder oppression, class actions, misleading and deceptive conduct, delay claims, post-acquisition disputes, insurance claims, family law, and tax disputes. He has prepared hundreds of valuation reports for both dispute and non-dispute purposes. His valuation experience spans a broad range of industries and both public and private companies in Australia and internationally, including valuations relating to mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, and tax.

A selection of Evan’s recent professional experience includes:

Expert Witness Reports

• Valuation of a minority equity interest in a global wholesale company in relation to a shareholder oppression proceeding.
• Quantification of loss and damages incurred by a property development company arising from the delay of an industrial land subdivision.
• Valuation of a national automotive parts retailer in relation to a shareholder oppression proceeding.
• Quantification of loss suffered by the state government of Tasmania as a result of a six-month outage on the underwater power cable connecting Tasmania to the national power grid.
• Valuations of a small family-owned IT business and a large global technology business for family law purposes.

Consulting Expert Engagements

• Assessment of loss and damages on behalf of an ASX listed manufacturer arising from the failure of a manufacturing plant.
• Preparation of litigation support materials to assist a national retailer in the defense of a class action brought by franchisees in relation to alleged breaches of the franchise agreements.
• Engaged by an ASX listed mining services company to assess the loss and damages in relation to a misleading and deceptive conduct claim.
• Conducted financial analysis for a national restaurant chain to evaluate store profitability across multiple locations after the compulsory acquisition of two flagship stores.

Valuation Engagements

• Valuation of more than 80 entities owned by BHP’s UK incorporated entity, BHP PIc, for tax purposes as part of the company’s reorganization of its corporate structure.
• Purchase price allocation and valuation services for an ASX listed company in relation to a proposed acquisition of another ASX listed company.
• Annual valuations of equity and debt interests in ports, toll roads, airports, and other infrastructure assets on behalf of investors for unit pricing purposes.
• Public independent expert reports assessing the fair and reasonableness of proposed transactions involving BuyMyPlace.com, Nufarm, Circa, AMP, Verdant Minerals, and others.