New Forensic Accounting Division for Dains

Dains are delighted to announce the introduction of a new division – Dains Forensic Accounting, headed by Partners Andrew Donaldson and Martin Long.

The new division will provide the full range of forensic accounting services for corporate, not-for-profit, public sector and private clients. Andrew and Martin have a wide-range of forensic accounting experience between them and are both long-standing specialists in this service sector locally.

The Dains forensic team will offer forensic accounting services on a wide range of contentious matters including: commercial dispute resolution, fraud and financial investigation, criminal prosecution and defence, international arbitration and business valuation.

Andrew and Martin both left University in 1985, qualifying as chartered accountants with ‘Big Four’ firms before switching to forensic work during the 1990’s.
Andrew has since spent time as a Finance Director in industry before returning to the profession some ten years ago. Andrew is an experienced expert witness in both civil and criminal matters, with a particular emphasis on cases involving white collar crime, working with government departments, the police and for company directors. He is also a director of the Midlands Fraud Forum.

Martin spent a number of years working in Italy prior to returning to Birmingham where he has since specialised in forensic accounting work for much of the past 20-years. Martin has retained his interest in the international side of forensic accounting and often acts in international arbitrations. Otherwise, his focus tends to be on contractual disagreements, transactional related disputes, fraud cases and professional negligence claims.

Spencer Wright, Dains Chief Executive, comments: “We are delighted to welcome Andrew and Martin to the Firm and are excited to introduce a Forensic Accounting division as a local service offering and a natural extension of our other accounting services.

“The combination of the credit crunch, globalisation and greater regulation has led to an increase in the size and complexity of financial disputes and investigations and both Andrew’s and Martin’s wealth of practical experience gained in case work spanning many diverse sectors and jurisdictions will be of great benefit to guide clients through the technicalities of financial investigation and dispute resolution.”