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.