Elena Barandiaran

Director

About

Elena is a director at Accuracy in Spain with over ten years of professional experience in financial analysis, economic expertise and transaction support. She began her career as an analyst at Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ before joining Accuracy in 2014. Throughout her career, she has been involved in a wide range of engagements, including due diligence, litigation support and restructuring projects, both in Spain and internationally.

She regularly acts as an economic expert in litigation and arbitration proceedings and has been designated as expert in several disputes, including experience in hearings. Her work spans infrastructure, energy, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, fisheries, and online gaming.

Elena speaks Spanish, Basque, English and French.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance), CUNEF (2013)
  • Masters in Advanced Accounting

In-depth expertise

Elena specialises in economic and financial analysis in the context of litigation and arbitration, including damage quantification, contract termination disputes, valuation of losses and expert testimony. She has extensive experience assessing economic logic, analysing investment frameworks and preparing expert reports in high‑stakes disputes across multiple jurisdictions.

Her work also includes transaction support, involving financial due diligence for corporate and private equity clients, as well as advisory roles in the review of major industrial and energy investments. She has provided support on cross‑border projects in sectors such as infrastructure, oil & gas, telecommunications and consumer industries.

Example of engagements

Litigation & Arbitration

  • Economic analysis of profitability margin logic in a construction‑related infrastructure dispute in Latin America.
  • Assessment of damages and contractual implications in an early termination dispute involving a major infrastructure project in Central America.
  • Expert support in an investment arbitration concerning tax‑related matters in the telecommunications sector in South America.
  • Assessment of damages for a shareholder in the fisheries sector in the context of litigation before a national high court.
  • Designated economic‑financial expert to quantify damages arising from the unilateral termination of a distribution agreement in the pharmaceutical sector.

Transactions

  • Buy‑side financial due diligence of a global water treatment business valued at €3.2 billion, analysing business performance, key value drivers and standalone financial risks.

Other projects

  • Technical assistance to review joint venture oil and gas investments in Colombia, focusing on non‑operator claims relating to non‑accepted costs and compliance with association contract frameworks.