Boris Steffen is an expert in accounting, finance, valuation, solvency and damages analyses. He has served as a consulting and testifying expert, and led investigations, for holders of interests and claims in disputes involving mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings in excess of $250B.
Matters in which he has consulted or testified have included antitrust and competition policy, appraisal, bankruptcy and restructuring, bribery, corruption and financial statement fraud, breach of contract, intellectual property, international trade and arbitration, mergers and acquisitions, securities and utility regulation.
Over the course of his career, Boris has consulted for numerous privately owned and publicly traded enterprises as well as governmental agencies in the U.S. and abroad. The industries in which he has consulted include aerospace, aggregates, asbestos, automotive, batteries, beef processing, biotechnology, business services, cable network, chemical, consumer product, construction, defense, document management, electronic imaging, financial services & banking, food & beverage, genomics, healthcare, HVAC, independent power, information technology, insurance, internet, newspaper, magazine, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, paper and industrial packaging, printing, pumps & controls, plumbing, real estate, retail, securities, semiconductor, software, steel, telecom, tobacco, electric utility and water.
Prior to joining Province, Boris was a Senior Managing Director with B. Riley Financial. Previously he was the Southeast leader of the Financial Investigations & Dispute Advisory Services practice of RSM US LLP, a Managing Director with Gavin / Solmonese, a Principal and Director with Navigant Economics, LLC (fka Chicago Partners), a Partner with Bates White, LLC, a Senior Consultant with the Antitrust, Finance and Damages Practice of the Economics and Policy Group of LECG, Inc. and a Senior Staff member of the Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition. Mr. Steffen also served as a Manager of Acquisitions in Corporate Development for U.S. Generating, Inc. and a Group Leader/Accountant and Auditor in Corporate Finance for Inland Steel Industries, Inc.
Boris has lectured for the American University Washington College of Law and University of San Diego School of Law and spoken at conferences and or authored articles published by the American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors, Financier Worldwide, International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards, Law360.com and National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.
Boris is the President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Insolvency & Advisors, a Non-Executive Director of Helius Partners, a past Co- Chair of the Appraisal & Valuation Sub-Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation, Expert Witness Committee, a Co-Editor of the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors Journal, and a Coordinating Editor of the Value & Cents column of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal.
Boris was recognized by Financier Worldwide as an Exceptional Expert in Restructuring & Insolvency for 2021.