SFC Associates assists its clients with complex consulting and litigation matters, including:
- Fund, portfolio, security, and entity valuations in consulting and litigation engagements, including disputes between limited and general partners
- Valuation of mortgage-backed securities, distressed debt, complex derivatives, and structured products
- Investment suitability and breach of fiduciary duties by brokers and investment advisers
- Hedge fund due diligence and practices
- Hedge fund and private equity redemptions and lockup disputes
- Ponzi schemes and other forms of fraud, including Madoff-related lawsuits
- Foreign exchange futures, swaps, options, and structured products
- SEC investigations of insider trading, short selling, and market manipulation
- Bank and broker policies and practices
The company has been involved in many prominent cases, including those related to Madoff fraud-related litigation; the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy; mortgage-backed securities losses; the Orange County bankruptcy; the Petters Ponzi scheme litigation; CFTC foreign exchange enforcement actions; and Refco fraud-related litigation. The company has testified in federal, state, tax, and bankruptcy courts, as well as FINRA, AAA, JAMS, and other arbitrations.