Independent Experts
Dransfield is the holder of an Australian Financial Services Licence.
Dransfield offers a range of independent expert services:
- Independent expert reports for prospectus, PDS, litigation and board advisory
- Independent analysis that can assist in formal and informal dispute determination.
SOME PAST PROJECTS
Dransfield have provided expert testimony on numerous occasions for a wide range of matters in Supreme Courts throughout Australia, Land & Environment Courts and the Federal Court.
Litigation and independent expert matters have included:
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Dransfield has acted for various publicly listed entities assessing forecasts provided in prospectuses and takeovers.
- Acted for an international hotel operator in assessing whether their hotel’s performance had deteriorated as a consequence of the manager’s performance or market conditions outside their control.
- Acted for a developer to calculate the economic impact of closing half of the hotel rooms and converting them to luxury residential use.
- Expert advice on the performance of a strata title hotel versus original forecasts.
- Acted for the operator in assessing the future trading prospects of a Gateway Convention & Exhibition Centre, including a valuation of the management rights for a partnership dispute.
- Acted for the owner of the property in a 20 year rental dispute involving reserved rent in excess of $100m. This arbitration took place over 40 weeks.
- Acted for a fund manager to ascertain whether the hotel was being operated in accordance with the standard required by the lease.
