Boris J. Steffen is an expert in accounting, economics, corporate finance, strategy, and valuation. In addition to serving as a mediator in ability to pay disputes, he has provided expert testimony in litigation and international arbitration regarding acquisition structure, competitive effects, contracts, enterprise and option valuation, fairness of consideration, lost profits, market definition, value impairment, and solvency in antitrust, breach of contract, fraudulent conveyance, monopolization, resale price maintenance, and securities disputes, and advised in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and leveraged buyouts valued in excess of $100 billion.

Mr. Steffen has consulted in a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, aerospace, automotive, business supplies and services, cable network/media, chemicals, consumer products, electronic imaging, defense, financial services, health care, information technology, Internet, insurance, computer, energy/utilities, microprocessor, pharmaceuticals, printing, retail, tobacco, savings and loan, and steel. He served as a testifying expert on merger synergies in Federal Trade Commission v. Staples, Inc., which remains the state-of-the-art in merger antitrust enforcement, and in In re The Matter of the Joint Petition of Public Service Electric and Gas Company and Exelon Corporation for Approval of a Change in Control of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, and Related Authorizations, the largest proposed utility merger to date.

Prior to joining Bates White, Mr. Steffen was a Senior Consultant with the Economics and Policy Group of LECG, Inc., and a Senior Staff member of the Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition. In prior positions, he was Manager of Acquisitions in Corporate Development for PG&E Generating, and a Group Leader/Accountant and Auditor in Corporate Finance for Inland Steel Industries, Inc.

M.M., Management, with specializations in Accounting and Finance, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University; B.S., Finance, DePaul University; B.M., Applied Music, with emphasis in trumpet performance, DePaul University; Certification in Distressed Business Valuation, (C.D.B.V.), Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors