About
Wanis Kessaci is a Director at Accuracy with over ten years of professional experience. He joined the firm in 2016 and specialises in valuation, advising clients on both strategic corporate matters and dispute-related issues.
He supports senior management teams and boards of directors in making key strategic and financial decisions regarding portfolio management, capital allocation, and growth strategies, drawing on in-depth valuation analyses.
Wanis also has extensive experience in damages assessment, having acted as an expert advisor in litigation and arbitration matters across multiple jurisdictions, including before French courts and international arbitration tribunals.
He is fluent in French, English, and Arabic.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in corporate finance from Dauphine
In-depth expertise
Wanis specialises in valuation and value analysis, with extensive experience in both asset-level and company-wide valuations across a broad range of contexts. He advises clients on portfolio strategy reviews, investment and divestment decisions, and the preparation and review of business plans. In addition, he has extensive experience in accounting-related valuations, including purchase price allocations and impairment testing, as well as tax-related assignments such as transfer pricing and portfolio valuations.
Wanis has also developed strong expertise in damages assessment. He has been involved in disputes spanning a wide range of situations, including breach of contract, expropriation, shareholder disputes, transaction-related matters, and intellectual property issues, across multiple industries and jurisdictions.
Example of engagements
Financial Assessment and Valuation
- Delivered fairness opinions in connection with numerous transactions.
- Reviewed financial and strategic business plans to identify key value drivers and optimisation opportunities for a company operating in the agribusiness sector.
- Assessed business plans and valuation scenarios relating to a potential investment aimed at strengthening vertical integration in the cosmetics industry.
- Conducted numerous Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) assignments for leading groups across a broad range of sectors, including telecommunications, advertising, leisure, energy, and healthcare.
- Performed multiple valuation engagements in the context of impairment testing and employee share and investment plans.
Damages Assessment and Valuation in Litigation and Arbitration Contexts
- Renewable Energy – France: Financial expert in an ICC arbitration involving a dispute between consortium partners.
- Defence – France: Financial expert responsible for the assessment of damages in an ICC arbitration arising from the abrupt termination of a commercial relationship.
- Port Infrastructure – North Africa: Financial expert responsible for the assessment of damages in an ICSID arbitration relating to an expropriation claim.
- Logistics – North Africa: Financial expert responsible for the assessment of damages in a pre-arbitration context involving the blockage of a joint venture established to develop and operate logistics platforms.
- Cement – North Africa: Financial expert responsible for the assessment of damages in an ICC arbitration following the cancellation of a plant expansion project.
- Real Estate – North Africa: Financial expert responsible for the assessment of damages in an ICSID arbitration arising from the non-completion of a real estate development project.
- Petrochemicals – France: Financial expert responsible for the assessment of damages in proceedings before a French commercial court concerning alleged breaches of contractual obligations.
- Airport Infrastructure – North Africa: Contributed to the assessment of damages in proceedings before the French “Parquet National Financier” involving allegations of corruption of foreign public officials.
- Automotive – Romania / France: Financial expert responsible for the assessment of damages in proceedings before a French commercial court concerning the abrupt termination of a commercial relationship.