Alan D. Alford, PhD, CFA

Alan Alford frames complex, related-party transactions within the context of how businesses operate, illuminating how third parties would engage in the same transactions.

Alan Alford has extensive experience analyzing complex transactions involving transfer pricing, integration of acquired companies, valuation, and cross-border issues. He has substantial audit, licensing, valuation, and financial analysis experience in the computer software, banking and financial services, healthcare, semiconductor, and oil and gas industries.

He specializes in the pricing and licensing of intangibles and intellectual property, financial services transactions, integration of acquisitions, corporate restructurings, entity valuations, financial instrument valuation, establishing terms for related-party loans, negotiation of Advance Pricing Agreements (APA), and dispute resolution.

Prior to joining Bates White, Alan held senior tax positions at Thomson Reuters and KPMG, as well as academic positions at multiple universities worldwide.

Languages

• French
• Italian
• Spanish