James TOAL

James Toal is a director with BRG’s Energy & Climate practice in Houston. He has testified in federal and state court while providing consulting services to clients around the world. He is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder.

Mr. Toal has worked on engagements including:

Conducted solvency analysis related to alleged fraudulent transfers made by real estate development company; issued expert report and testified in bankruptcy court summarizing analysis and conclusions.

Evaluated and rebutted a claim for lost profits related to alleged infringement of trademarks utilized for sale of waterline cleaning and hygiene market products in agricultural industry; issued expert report.

Served as neutral financial advisor in dispute over division of estate that included ownership of irrigation and landscaping company; performed valuation of company to assist with settlement of dispute.

Performed valuation of oil and gas field for dispute related to certain alleged breaches of Energy Charter Treaty Agreement and investment treaty between Azerbaijan and country of claimant.

Conducted valuation of vertically integrated, private oil and gas company for purposes of a divorce proceeding; analyzed company’s operations and impact of recent market events on it; assisted counsel with in-depth mediation proceedings and related negotiations.

Assessed damages in an international arbitration proceeding between German Landesbanks and Country of Spain regarding remuneration changes with respect to solar photovoltaic projects.

Performed solvency analysis and financial investigations relating to large hotel chain in bankruptcy; worked as financial advisor to court-appointed examiner to conduct financial analyses relating to $8 billion purchase price for hotel chain and commercial mortgage-backed security loan structure.

Assessed economic damages related to alleged unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets by two companies competing in commercial meat and cheese slicing industry.

Assessed trademark infringement damages claimed by well-known personal injury lawyer related to advertisements placed by marketing agency on search engine platforms; rebutted damages put forward by opposing expert who utilized various statistical methods.

Evaluated economic damages related to alleged infringement of patents by technology and consumer products company that provides electronic and communications systems to commercial and private aviation companies.

Conducted valuation of intellectual property (IP) assets of renowned music and cultural venue; valuation utilized to transfer IP and non-IP assets among company’s owners.

Evaluated economic damages related to antitrust conspiracy by leading hotel chains against online travel agency; calculated damages related to lost value and lost profits as result of inventory cutoffs and disruptions; rebutted damages related to trademark infringement claim made by the hotel chains.

Evaluated damages suffered by oil and gas waste services company resulting from alleged misrepresentations, omissions, and breaches of contract made in a transaction; determined value of company as represented by seller and as actually received.

Analyzed liquidity situation of international photography processing company that filed for bankruptcy six months after being sold to an investor; performed cash-flow modeling to determine going-concern status of company at closing.

Performed financial investigations relating to the bankruptcy of large international investment bank; analyzed sale of bank’s North American operations and bank’s trading portfolio; identified valuation errors in internal valuation of bank’s trading portfolio and acquirer’s valuation of trading portfolio.

Worked in multidisciplinary team that managed insurance and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claims process for state and local government entities affected by Hurricane Katrina; corresponded with FEMA and local government officials to establish individualized recovery system for state school system; prepared analyses that were presented to top national government officials, including a funding analysis presented to officials in Washington, DC.