Energy & Utilities Forensic Expert Witness UK

Energy and utilities disputes are inherently multi-disciplinary, requiring forensic engineers to assess technical failure and performance shortfalls, forensic accountants to quantify financial losses from contract breach or expropriation, and forensic economists to provide investment treaty damages analysis using DCF and fair market value methodologies for ICSID and UNCITRAL proceedings.

Oil and gas disputes, power purchase agreement (PPA) disagreements, renewable energy project claims, and infrastructure expropriation cases all require forensic experts with sector-specific experience. Major energy arbitration firms deploy multi-discipline teams combining engineering, financial, and economic expertise under IBA Rules on Evidence.

DCF (discounted cash flow) analysis values energy assets by projecting future cash flows, typically from power purchase agreements or oil revenues, and discounting them to present value at a risk-adjusted WACC. Forensic economics experts construct and defend DCF models in ICSID arbitration, where methodology is heavily scrutinised and expert quality is critical to the outcome.

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