Adam Giliberti specialises in the investigation and analysis of financial information for the purpose of providing expert opinions in commercial disputes and litigation, typically around the issues of damages, business and intellectual property valuations, financial advice, solvency and financial viability.

Adam qualitifed as a Chartered Accountant in 2000 and has worked with commercial litigators on both large and small forensic accounting assignments in Australia, Europe and south-east Asia across a broad range of industries.  Adam has also worked with many business clients on various consulting assignments providing advice subsequent to financial investigations, preparing complex financial models for commercial decision-making and providing advice on small business tax compliance.

Professional Experience

Sample of Forensic Accounting Assignments

• Quantification of loss in commercial disputes involving a wide variety of cause of actions including negligence, defamation, conspiracy, misreprentation, breach of contract, breach of warraties (post-acquisition disputes) and breach of legislation.  Matters cover proceedings in Federal Court, various Supreme Courts in Australia, International Arbitration and courts in overseas jurisdications.
• Quantification of loss involving IP infringements in proceedings in the Federal Court and Supreme Court jurisdictions, including advice on the election decision as to an account of profits or damages. 
• Valuation of small and medium businesses for dispute, aquisition and/or compliance purposes.
• Valuation of various intellectual property rights and intangible assets.
• Preparation of reports dealing with professional negligence and breaches of Corporations Act involving financial advice.
• Class actions involving breaches of ASX listing rules and competition law.
• Preparation of expert reports dealing with solvency and financial viability for small and medium businesses.
• Investigations into two different large charities in Australia and Singapore.
• Insurance claim reviews.
• Fraud and financial irregularity investigations.

Sample of Business Consulting Assignments

• Providing advice and building complex price and volume financial models used for strategic marketing purposes within a major telecommunications company.
• Providing advice and building a complex financial model to assist a water utilities board to evaluate and understand the long term financial impacts of relinquishing water entitlements.
• Due diligence work on behalf of a private company involving the purchase of specialist railway maintenance equipment and government contracts from a US listed company.
• Providing proactive advice following review of draft sale and purchase agreements based on forensic accounting dispute experience.
• Preparation of various company, trust and partnership income tax returns for a portfolio of business clients with a concentration of construction, design and professional consulting clients.
• Tax planning and compliance advice to a portfolio of small/medium business and individual clients.
• Preparation of management accounts and commercial advice to small/medium business clients.

Prior Employment History

Adam brings expertise to Dolman Bateman having previously worked for a Big 4 accounting firm, US-listed expert consultancy firms and a UK government department as a forensic accountant.