
Disputes, Investigations and Valuations
Duff & Phelps provides independent financial analysis and expert witness services.
Sid Jaishankar, CPA, CA, CFA, CBV joined Duff & Phelps in 2010. He is a managing director in the Toronto office and part of the Canadian Disputes Investigations and Valuations and Valuation Advisory Services practice. Sid has over 13 years of experience in business and securities valuation, damages quantification and expert testimony.
Sid specializes in the areas of business and securities valuation and damages quantification. He has prepared and critiqued numerous expert reports that have been accepted by various Canadian courts in respect of business valuation and damages quantification pursuant to a variety of dispute matters including, but not limited to, commercial, intellectual property, tax and securities litigation.
Sid has been qualified as an expert witness and given evidence on damages quantification in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Sid is a member of various professional organizations including Chartered Professional Accountants (“CPA”) Ontario, the CFA Institute and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators. He has also completed CPA Canada’s in-depth tax course (parts 1, 2 and 3). Sid obtained his Bachelor of Mathematics and Master of Accounting degrees at the University of Waterloo and was awarded the Rene Descartes Entrance Scholarship, Friar Luca Pacioli Fellowship and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
Sid has authored or co-authored the following publications:
Sid has spoken on advanced business valuation at professional seminars organized by The Federated Press. He is also a co-lecturer on business valuation at Duff & Phelps’ annual global new hire orientation and training.
Prior to Sid’s focus on business valuation and financial litigation support services, he spent 3 years at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte & Touche in Toronto focusing on international corporate taxation, both Canadian inbound and outbound.
Sid is also a former member of the Agency Funding Committee for the United Way of Oakville.
Duff & Phelps provides independent financial analysis and expert witness services.
Numerous testimonies as independent experts in many forums and jurisdictions.
Independent expert witnesses and arbitrators across a wide array of sectors.
Valuation and loss quantification related to post acquisition purchase price disputes.
Valuation in dissent, oppression and other shareholder dispute matters.
Damage quantification and Accounting of Profits and related analysis for intellectual property disputes.
Valuation and financial analysis for income tax filings and disputes.
Loss quantification for insurance claims and related litigation.
Independent pricing analysis for transfer price determination and tax audit controversies.
Duff & Phelps provides valuation and asset appraisal for financial reporting, income tax, investment and risk management purposes.
Tax valuation and consulting in connection with transactions, compliance, planning and disputes.
Valuation of intellectual property and other intangibles.