Edmond Esses

Mr. Esses is an expert in financial restructuring, with over 15 years of experience in bankruptcy litigation and other complex financial disputes.

He provides expert testimony and consulting services in complex and contentious bankruptcy, restructuring, distressed, and special situations. He has advised on restructurings (both in- and out-of-court) and served as a financial advisor and expert witness in high-profile cases, including providing loss valuation and loan re-underwriting analysis in mortgage-backed security (RMBS) disputes arising from the global financial crisis. As an expert witness, Mr. Esses focuses on value and solvency disputes such as avoidance actions, intercreditor disputes, transfers of value and related-party transactions.

As a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), Mr. Esses’s expertise extends to business valuation, fraudulent transfers, preference analysis , cash flow assessments, and capital structure analysis. His experience includes representing Puerto Rico’s Debt Recovery Authority in the territory’s Plan of Adjustment and serving as financial advisor to groups of RMBS trustees in multi-year litigations related to the Lehman Brothers and Residential Capital bankruptcies. He has also consulted on several US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations.

Prior to joining Brattle, Mr. Esses was a Senior Director in the Complex Financial Situations practice at a global financial and risk advisory firm. He previously worked at an asset management firm where he specialized in securities analysis and valuation.