IPO (Initial Public Offering) Expert Witnesses: 2

Max Holmes has over 40 years of experience as a portfolio manager, research analyst, board member, lawyer, NYU Professor and expert witness.

Max Holmes has been an Expert Witness in various Federal & State Cases including Jury Trials / AAA, FINRA, ICDR & JAMS Arbitrations / Mediations.

Since 1993, Max Holmes has been an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University, teaching "Bankruptcy and Reorganization."

Max Holmes has been the Chief Investment Officer / Lead Portfolio Manager for two large hedge funds ($2.7 billion and $5.4 billion of peak assets under management) as well as a small insurance company portfolio and a small mutual fund portfolio.

Mr. Holmes has been the Chair, Chief Executive Officer and Director of a life, health and annuity insurer and reinsurer.  Mr. Holmes has been a Vice Chair and Director of a large crypto bitcoin mining company.

Mr. Holmes worked in investment banking, research, trading and capital markets at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Salomon Brothers, NatWest Markets and Royal Bank of Canada.  Since 2015, Max Holmes has been a Senior Advisor to American Industrial Partners LLC, a private equity firm with $17.8 billion of assets under management.    

Max Holmes is a lawyer (member of the NY, TX and DC bars), has served on numerous boards of directors, and has previously held FINRA licenses for securities (Series 3, 7, 9, 19, 16, 24, 56 and 63), RIA, ERISA QPAM, Federal Reserve, FDIC, insurance, mortgage origination and servicing, municipal waste, FERC, ISO, and gaming in Nevada, New York and Canada.

Mr. Holmes is a graduate of Harvard College, Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School.

Areas of Expertise:

Glenn Bierman founder of Tycon Partners in 1995, boasts a wealth of experience in capital markets matters, as a CEO, COO & Board Director of Public & Private Companies, Investment Banker, and Financial Advisor.

EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES:

• CAPITAL MARKETS
• INVESTMENT BANKING
• IPO
• PUBLIC MARKETS
• SECURITIES
• INVESTMENTS
• FINRA ARBITRATIONS & HEARINGS
• MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS (M&A)
• ARBITRATIONS – JAMS, AAA
• ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS