Dhara Patel

Dhara’s professional experience includes:

Merger & Acquisition Disputes

• Working Capital Dispute, Healthcare Medical Group: Managed an expert engagement supporting the buyer in a $10 million working capital dispute.
• Earnout, Chemical Manufacturer: Managed an expert engagement supporting the seller in a three-year $90 million earn out.
• Purchase Price Dispute, Energy Storage Solution Provider: Assisted in an expert engagement supporting the buyer in a $500 million working capital dispute involving 36 post-closing
• Purchase Price Dispute, Oil and Gas Service Provider: Supported an expert engagement filed in the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) by evaluating $100 million of post-closing
• Post-Acquisition, Purchase Price Due-Diligence, Commercial Services Provider: Analyzed post-acquisition transactions to ensure compliance with and adherence to the terms of a transaction services agreement.

Litigation & Dispute Consulting

• Commercial Litigation, Healthcare: Managed an expert witness engagement investigating an alleged improper billing scheme by a long-term acute care hospital that was comingled with a network of labs and ambulatory surgical centers.
• Commercial Litigation, Brewery: Managed an expert witness engagement involving allegations of shareholder oppression and damages resulting from a spin-off of a start-up distillery.
• Bankruptcy Litigation, Automobile Manufacturer: Co-managed an expert witness engagement for a fraudulent transfer matter in bankruptcy court. The analysis included determining whether the transfers were made in the context of a Ponzi or Ponzi-like scheme, analyzing the trustee’s $315 million claim, and critiquing the opposing expert’s solvency analysis.
• Employment Contract Arbitration, Investment Bank: Managed an expert witness engagement for a former owner taking action against an investment bank and former partner for breach of employment contract in regard to his multi-million dollar post- termination put option. The analysis included calculation of the put option as well as review of alter ego indicia in order to determine whether the investment bank was acting as the alter ego of the former partner.
• Personal Litigation, High Net Worth Individual: Supported an expert- witness engagement by leading the team that analyzed and traced the flow of funds of more than 35,000 transactions to identify approximately $9 million in fraudulent use of The client’s case, against a former family member and power of attorney, involved breach of fiduciary duty and embezzlement.
• Commercial Litigation, Healthcare: Supported an expert witness engagement by investigating an alleged improper billing scheme by a network of toxicology labs to a healthcare insurance provider.
• Commercial Litigation, Natural Gas Utility Provider: Assisted in an expert witness engagement by analyzing daily gas prices and transactional data to calculate cover damages as prescribed in the parties’ gas purchase agreement.

Forensic Accounting and Investigations

• SEC Investigation, Engineering & Construction Company: Assisted outside counsel in its assessment of and response to an SEC subpoena surrounding the company’s post-acquisition accounting of project losses.
• SEC Investigation, Consumer Goods Manufacturer: Assisted outside counsel in its assessment of and response to an SEC subpoena, including an investigation into the revenue recognition and sales return reserve calculations related to a large buy-up transaction and a subsequent inventory write-down.
• Corporate Investigation, Recreational Facility, and Service Provider: Conducted data analytics, trend analysis and traced the flow of funds between credit card transactions and financial accounting data to uncover and quantify an employee theft scheme involving fraudulent refunds to the employee’s account.
• Business Interruption Claims, Environmental Disaster: Prepared business interruption claims for a court-supervised, multi-billion settlement fund. Performed variable profit analyses for a variety of business structures and industries in order to calculate damage awards.

Expert Testimony

• Kirkland Institute for Trial Advocacy (KITA) Training: Participated in Kirkland’s trial academy, playing the role of two damages experts for a National Institute for Trial Advocacy case.