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Partner, Forensics

Marcus Feld

Head of Forensics in New York, leading complex fraud, asset-tracing and accounting investigations for more than twenty years, and giving expert evidence in United States federal courts and international arbitrations.

Marcus Feld

Biography

Marcus Feld is the partner who leads the firm’s forensics practice from New York. Over more than twenty years he has directed investigations into financial fraud, misappropriation and accounting irregularities, and has testified as a forensic accounting expert in United States federal and state courts, bankruptcy proceedings and international arbitrations.

His work covers financial services, real estate, private equity and the insolvency of cross-border groups. He is known for tracing assets through layered corporate structures and offshore accounts, and for building evidence that supports freezing orders and recovery actions in several jurisdictions. He also advises special committees on accounting investigations prompted by whistleblower complaints.

Before joining Pemberton & Co. he was a partner in the forensic and litigation practice of a national accounting firm, where he led its fraud and recovery group. He began his career in audit and is a licensed CPA in New York State. He holds a master’s degree in accounting from New York University.

He is ranked in Band 1 for forensic accountants in the United States by the leading directories and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. He speaks on asset recovery and on expert evidence in fraud cases at bar association and insolvency conferences, and has written on the use of transaction data in tracing claims.

Credentials

  • CPA, New York State
  • Certified Fraud Examiner
  • MS Accounting, New York University
  • Band 1 — Forensic Accountants, USA
  • Former partner, national accounting firm

Expertise

  • Forensic accounting
  • Asset tracing
  • Financial fraud
  • Expert testimony
  • Insolvency
  • Securities litigation
  • Digital evidence

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