Based in the London office, Mike Pilgrem is a principal of LECG and a chartered accountant. He joined LECG in January 2006. Prior to this Mike was a senior manager in Andersen's economic and financial consulting group and then a director in the valuation group of Deloitte & Touche LLP's corporate finance practice.
Over the last 17 years, Mike's responsibility has included audit, financial consulting and business valuation for a range of UK and international clients in different industries. Mike has provided advice about the value of companies and their intellectual property or other intangible assets in a variety of contexts for sale or purchase, for fiscal purposes, for financial statement disclosure, and in disputes. He has 12 years of experience in providing advice in the context of disputes, including minority shareholder actions, post-acquisition disputes, expert determinations, loss of profit claims, matrimonial matters and professional negligence claims.
Mike has been appointed as expert witness and prepared a report in a matter before the UK's High Court and prepared reports and given testimony as an expert witness before an arbitral tribunal under the London court of arbitration rules. During the course of his career, as project manager, he has been responsible for expert reports produced in more than 25 cases before UK or international tribunals or determinations by experts, including some of the largest commercial claims seen in the UK. He has also assisted the adjudicating expert in several disputes that were the subject of expert determination.
Mike has participated in advocacy training provided to barristers in the UK, acting as an expert witness in case studies relating to claims for damages. |