Rob Outram

He is a chartered accountant with fourteen years of experience, primarily as a valuation expert in litigation and international arbitration (including in the LCIA, ICC, ICSID, SIAC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, UK High Court, Upper Tax Tribunal, Grand Court of Cayman, and Singapore High Court).

Rob’s engagements most commonly include the quantification of economic damages, through the valuation of businesses and shares, and the assessments of lost profits and wasted costs. Rob also opines on accounting issues and provides valuations to clients in an advisory capacity.

Rob is experienced in the preparation of expert reports that deliver clear, persuasive, and reasoned opinions in some of the world’s largest and most complex commercial disputes, including in relation to valuation of investments and quantification of damages in investor-state arbitration; valuation in shareholder disputes and post-completion M&A disputes; valuation of businesses and shares in matrimonial disputes; quantification of damages arising from breaches of contract or tort; accounting and damages in securities litigation under FSMA 90/90A; and expert determination in relation to earnouts and completion accounts.

Rob also acts as an expert advisor to legal teams and funders in contemplation of legal action and throughout any proceedings.

A sample of Rob’s professional experience includes:

Valuation and quantification of damages engagements

• Prepared expert reports and a presentation to the tribunal on the valuation of gold mines in central Asia, and losses arising therefrom, in connection with an investor-state UNCITRAL arbitration.
• Prepared expert reports and a presentation to the tribunal on the damages arising from a contract for a real estate development in North Africa, in connection with an investor-state ICSID arbitration.
• Prepared expert reports on the value of a supplier in the nuclear energy industry, in connection with an expert determination pursuant to an SPA.

Accounting and other finance-related engagements

• Prepared an expert determination in connection with an earnout dispute arising from an M&A transaction in the telecoms sector. There were over 40 items in dispute between the parties.
• Prepared multiple expert reports for a large UK High Court securities litigation under FSMA 90/90A. This involved opining on a large UK bank’s financial position, and its management thereof, immediately prior to the start of the financial crisis.
• Prepared an expert report on accounting issues in relation to bespoke conditions precedent in an SPA and assessed the financial impact on the target of various disclosure allegations made by the Respondents.