Profile
Hossein Hamedani (Partner)
Hossein is a partner in forensic investigation
services, specialising in advising on accounting and audit issues
in arbitrations, High Court actions and mediations, investigations,
regulatory inquiries and commercial disputes.
Experience
Hossein has been a partner in Grant Thornton or RSM Robson
Rhodes, the firm it merged with, since 1991. He headed RSM Robson
Rhodes' forensic unit having joined that firm in 1978. Hossein has
acted as expert, inspector, or investigator adviser in financial
services, construction, technology, defence, energy and automotive
disputes for major companies and institutions, governments,
regulators and prosecutors. His assignments have included:
Corporation of Lloyd's, HIH Insurance of Australia, Independent
Insurance, Barings, DeLorean, Magnet, BCCI, Wallace Smith Trust
Bank, IPB Post Bank in Czech Republic, Lloyd's Syndicates, a review
of seven Indonesian Banks following the Asian crisis, the Maxwell
pension funds and Eagle Trust.
Recent assignments include:
- Appointment as advisor to an Icelandic bank in relation to
investigation of major exposures and treasury transactions for the
purposes of maximising recovery;
- Appointment as reporting accountant to review the offshore
custody and administration functions of an international bank;
- Expert on quantum of claims arising from the Buncefield
Refinery explosion;
- Expert for the Serious Fraud Office in relation to loss of
substantial investment funds raised from international
investors;
- Expert advisor to an investment bank in relation to a fund
management dispute in New York;
- Advised an investment bank in relation to a dispute concerning
a €750 million bond issue, structured finance products and
derivative contracts;
- Advisor in two international arbitrations in the Hague and
expert in an international arbitration involving a major automotive
sale and purchase dispute;
- expert in an audit negligence case following substantial losses
arising from option trading in a Hong Kong fund;
- Appointed to monitor the implementation of EU and UN sanctions
against three UK banks;
- Appointment as Inspector by an offshore regulator to
investigate corporate governance and the affairs of certain listed
closed end investment funds, brokers and a fund manager;
- Advising the Department of Health on cancellation of PFI
contracts.
Hossein has also given expert evidence on quantum issues,
accounting and auditing issues in professional negligence cases
involving accountants, auditors, solicitors, valuers, investment
bankers, architects, actuaries, surveyors and construction
engineers.
Hossein's expertise covers:
- Expert accounting and professional indemnity
- Regulatory inquiries and fraud investigations
- Money laundering and asset tracing
- Commercial disputes including international arbitration, expert
determination, mediation and high court cases
Qualifications