Useful LLC
Max Holmes  Platinum Member

Services:

Case Reviews and Reports
Deposition Preparation & Appearances
Behind the Scenes Litigation Consulting
Trial Preparation & Testimony (including Jury Trials)

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Qualifications:

Max Holmes has over 40 years of experience as a portfolio manager, research analyst, board member, lawyer, NYU Professor and expert witness.

Since 1993, Max Holmes has been an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University, teaching "Bankruptcy and Reorganization."

Max Holmes has been the Chief Investment Officer / Lead Portfolio Manager for two large hedge funds ($2.7 billion and $5.4 billion of peak assets under management) as well as a small insurance company portfolio and a small mutual fund portfolio. The funds invested in credit, capital structure arbitrage, distressed debt, rescue finance, direct lending, specialty finance, event stocks and special situations securities, including long and short positions. The funds invested across the capital structure: bank debt, DIP loans, second lien debt, secured and unsecured bonds, floating rate and fixed rate notes, trade claims, preferred stock, common stock, put and call options and credit default swaps (CDS). Investments were made in a wide variety of businesses, large and small, public and private, through the full corporate lifecycle: startups, venture capital, infrastructure, leveraged buyouts, private equity, turnarounds, restructurings, bankruptcies and liquidations. Direct lending was conducted through a Business Development Company (BDC) ($1 billion assets under management). As Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Holmes was primarily focused on financial analysis, risk management and industry research in order to construct portfolios, analyzing thousands of companies and investment opportunities.

Mr. Holmes has been the Chair, Chief Executive Officer and Director of a life, health and annuity insurer and reinsurer. Mr. Holmes has been a Vice Chair and Director of a large crypto bitcoin mining company.

Prior to investment management, Mr. Holmes worked in investment banking, research, trading and capital markets at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Salomon Brothers, NatWest Markets and Royal Bank of Canada. Since 2015, Max Holmes has been a Senior Advisor to American Industrial Partners LLC, a private equity firm with $17.8 billion of assets under management.

Max Holmes is a lawyer (member of the New York, Texas and District of Columbia bars), has served on numerous boards of directors, and has previously held FINRA licenses for securities (Series 3, 7, 9, 19, 16, 24, 56 and 63), RIA, ERISA QPAM, Federal Reserve, FDIC, insurance, mortgage origination and servicing, municipal waste, FERC, ISO, and gaming in Nevada, New York and Canada.

Mr. Holmes is a graduate of Harvard College, Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School.

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Experience:

Max Holmes has been an Expert Witness in various Federal & State Cases including Jury Trials / AAA, FINRA, ICDR & JAMS Arbitrations / Mediations.

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Fees:

250

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Categories:

Annuities   ,   Antitrust   ,   Arbitration Consulting   ,   Arbitration/Mediation   ,   Banking   ,   Banking and Financial Litigation   ,   Bank Fraud/ Investigation   ,   Breach of Contract   ,   Breach of Fiduciary Duty   ,   Business/Analysis   ,   Business Apraisals   ,   Business Damages   ,   Business Disputes   ,   Business Transactions   ,   Business Valuation   ,   Cash Management   ,   Casino Gaming Management   ,   Company   ,   Copyright   ,   Copyright Damages   ,   Copyright Infringement   ,   Copyright (Music)   ,   Corporate   ,   Corruption   ,   Creditor's and Debtor's Rights   ,   Damage Analysis   ,   Damage Calculations   ,   Damage Claims   ,   Damage Computations   ,   Daubert   ,   Diminished Value   ,   Economics   ,   Econmic Analysis   ,   Economic Damages   ,   Economic Loss Analysis   ,   Economic Loss (Market share)   ,   Escrow   ,   Ethics   ,   Federal Taxes   ,   Fiduciary Responsibility   ,   Finance and Credit   ,   Financial Damage Determination   ,   Financial Dirivatives   ,   Financial Fraud   ,   Financial Futures   ,   Financial Intellectual Property   ,   Financial Markets   ,   Financial Options   ,   Financial Planning   ,   Financial statements and Profitability   ,   Foreclosure   ,   Foreign Exchange   ,   Forensic Accounting   ,   Forensic Analyist   ,   Forensic Economist   ,   Forensic Investigations   ,   Franchises   ,   Fraud/Investigation   ,   Fraud (Major Cases)   ,   Futures   ,   Government Contracts   ,   Insurance Industry Custom and Practices   ,   Intellectual Property/Damages   ,   Investments Variable   ,   Investment Management   ,   IPO   ,   IRS Disputes   ,   IRS Tax Matters   ,   Land Development Issues   ,   Lawyers' Professional Ethics   ,   Legal Malpractice   ,   Lender Liability   ,   Letter of Credit Experts   ,   Liability Analysis   ,   Life Insurance   ,   Lost Earnings   ,   Lost Profits/Calculations   ,   Malicious Prosecution   ,   Managed Futures   ,   Matrimonial/Dispute   ,   Mergers   ,   Mergers and Acquisitions   ,   Mortgage Lending   ,   Patents   ,   Post Merger/Acquisition Disputes   ,   Power   ,   Power Plants   ,   Proforma   ,   Public/Private Agreements   ,   Purchase Value Analysis   ,   Real Estate Standard of Care   ,   Race Tracks and Gaming   ,   Real Estate   ,   Real Estate Appraisals   ,   Real Estate Brokerage Disputes   ,   Real Estate Development   ,   Real Estate Economics   ,   Real Estate Land Disputes   ,   Real Estate Lending   ,   Real Estate Standard of Care   ,   Real Estate Partnership Disputes   ,   Reasonable Royalties   ,   Reinsurance.   ,   Reorganization Turnarounds and Workouts   ,   Representative Agreement   ,   Risk Management Consulting and Expert Witness   ,   Securities Arbitration   ,   Securities Expert Witness   ,   Securities Fraud   ,   Securities/Litigation   ,   Securities Suitability   ,   Security   ,   Selling Away/Investor Suitability   ,   Shareholder Disputes   ,   Software IP   ,   Standard of Care   ,   Standards of Practice in Litigation and Trials   ,   Structured Finance   ,   Trade frauds   ,   Trademarks   ,   Trademark Damages   ,   Trial and Security Consulting   ,   Unfair Competition/Advertising   ,   Valuations   ,   Wireless   ,   Company Valuation   ,   Ethical Violations   ,   Expert Witness   ,   Long Term Care   ,   Philosophy   ,   Plaintiff and Defence Cases   ,   Regulatory Agency Compliance   ,   Risk Assessment   ,   Standards of Care   ,   Statistics   ,   Business   ,   Commercial Fraud   ,   Financial Advice   ,   Financial Services   ,   Fraud   ,   Fraud Commercial   ,   Housing Fraud   ,   Intellectual Property   ,   Investment   ,   Investment Portfolios   ,   Lending   ,   Loss of Earnings   ,   Lost Profits   ,   Material   ,   Matrimonial Disputes   ,   Matrimonial Valuations   ,   Matrimonial Valuations   ,   Mediation   ,   Oil and Gas   ,   Oil Contracts Disputes   ,   Patents/Infringements   ,   Pensions   ,   Profession Negligence Claims Against Insurers And Brokers   ,   Property Valuation   ,   Regulation   ,   Royalty Rates   ,   Share Valuation   ,   Stock Broking   ,   Utilities/Contract Disputes   ,   Valuation   ,   ADR   ,   Arbitration/Mediation   ,   Breach of Duty and Causation   ,   Expert Testimony   ,   Expert Witness Services   ,   Letter of Credit Experts   ,   Risk Assessment (Insurance/Underwriting opinion)   ,   Risk Management   ,   Business Interruption   ,   Business Valuations   ,   Copyright Damages   ,   Economic Damages   ,   Financial and Physical Facilty Management Reporting   ,   Financial Planner   ,   Insurance Valuations   ,   Letter of Credit Experts   ,   Lost Profit   ,   Lost Profit (UK)   ,   Patent Damages   ,   Reasonable Royalty   ,   Trade Frauds   ,   Trademarks   ,   Copyright Infringement   ,   Economic Damages   ,   Foreclosure   ,   Fraud   ,   Intellectual Property   ,   Letter of Credit Experts   ,   Lost Profits   ,   Patent Damages/Information   ,   Software IP   ,   Trade Frauds   ,   Trademark Damages   ,   Pension Related Actions   ,   Divorce Calculations   ,   Mathematical Modelling   ,   OTC Stock Markets   ,   Risk Assessment and Management   ,   Software Contracts Disputes and Litigation   ,   Software Copyright/IP/Patents/Trade Secrets   ,   Credit Report Evaluation   ,   Investment Banking   ,   False Accounting   ,   Asset Hiding   ,   Real Estate Damage Evaluation   ,   Real Estate Closing   ,   Brand Valuation   ,   Professional Negligence   ,   Dispute Resolution   ,   Real Estate Shopping Centers   ,   Distressed Asset Appraisal   ,   Timeshare Valuations   ,   Securitization   ,   Real Estate Finance   ,   Purchase Order Finance   ,   Public Finance   ,   Insurance Fraud   ,   Land Acquisition   ,   Bankruptcy   ,   Business Management   ,   Mediation International   ,   Real Estate Management   ,   Loan Fraud   ,   Lawyer Malpractice   ,   Trust Malpractice   ,   Crypto Currencies   ,   Fraud Employee   ,   Private Money Lending   ,   Credit File   ,   Brokers and Investors   ,   Loan Servicing   ,   Estates Marital   ,   Estate Valuation   ,   Mortgage Foreclosure   ,   Real Estate Acquisition   ,   Real Estate Leasing   ,   Professional Negligence Claims   ,   Commercial Real Estate   ,   Fiduciary Duties   ,   Real Estate Broker   ,   Government Investigations   ,   Business Investigation   ,   Unfair Business Practices   ,   Finance Reserve   ,   Sales, Closing, Desk Procedures   ,   Deferred Down Payments   ,   Regulations M and Z   ,   Purchase/Lease Flip   ,   U.C.C. Warranties   ,   Class Actions   ,   Residential Mortgage   ,   Loan Modifications   ,   Reverse Mortgages   ,   Improper Foreclosure   ,   Predatory Lending   ,   Investor Property   ,   Underwriting   ,   Servicing   ,   Appraisals   ,   Compliance   ,   Contracts   ,   Real Estate Disclosure   ,   Real Estate Commercial   ,   Corporate Governance   ,   Mortgage Valuation   ,   Bribery and Conflicts of Interest.   ,   Proceeds of Crime   ,   Financial Crime Deterrence   ,   Fraud Deterrence   ,   Credit Risk   ,   Risk Modelling Complaints   ,   Financial Operational Resilience   ,   Intellectual Property Theft   ,   Civil Court   ,   Expert Witness Testominy   ,   Witness Statements   ,   Refineries   ,   Pension Plans   ,   Retirement Plans: 401K   ,   Oil Refining   ,   Trusts and Estates   ,   Regulatory   ,   Trade Secrets   ,   Reinsurance   ,   ERISA Self Funded Plans   ,   Practices & Standards   ,   Real Estate Fraud   ,   Real Estate Title Insurance   ,   Real Estate Commission   ,   Trade Secret Misappropriation   ,   Credit   ,   Credit Derivatives   ,   ABS Credit   ,   Credit CLOs

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