{"id":1950,"date":"2023-10-03T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=1950"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:12:31","slug":"nicolas-barsalou","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/en_gb\/team\/nicolas-barsalou\/","title":{"rendered":"Barsalou Nicolas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Nicolas Barsalou is one of the founding partners of Accuracy. Before that, he was a Partner at Ernst &amp; Young (ex Arthur Andersen), a firm he joined in 1998 after several years in two corporations, in which he acquired a broad range of financial and accounting skills.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 30 years\u2019 experience in corporate finance, Nicolas specialises in complex financial projects conducted in an international environment, whether in litigation or arbitration (including damage assessment and forensic accounting) as well as transaction advisory services (financial due diligence for mergers and acquisitions). He also performs valuation work on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>With a truly international profile, Nicolas monitors a major part of Accuracy\u2019s geographical expansion and has successfully led engagements on all continents.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas speaks French, English and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Master\u2019s degree at HEC Paris (1989)<\/li>\n<li>DESCF (Master in accounting)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/firms\/1147960\/nicolas_barsalou\">Lexology Index<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a tabindex=\"0\">In-depth expertise<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Nicolas Barsalou has significant experience in Construction, Telecom &amp; Hi-Tech, Transport and Logistics, Manufacturing and Professional services. Furthermore, he leads Accuracy\u2019s Real Estate practice.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas has been appointed many times as expert witness in high court litigations and international arbitrations, dealing with the investigation and quantification of damages resulting from post M&amp;A, accounting, construction, investment, tax and commercial disputes. He has given oral evidence many times, both in English and French, in various jurisdictions. He is listed again in the 2019 Who\u2019s Who Legal list of leading expert witnesses. WWL says: Nicolas Barsalou is described by commentators as \u201cone of the best financial experts due to his precise analysis and cross-examination skills\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas also performs transaction advisory services and valuations on a regular basis, mostly for large listed international corporations. He is Accuracy\u2019s expert dedicated to complex accounting issues.<\/p>\n<h3><a tabindex=\"0\">Example of engagements<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Construction disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SIAC \u2013 testified as expert witness \u2013 $330m \u2013 Railroad<br \/>\nAppointed to quantify the damages incurred in the construction of a metro<\/li>\n<li>ICC London \u2013 testified as expert witness \u2013 $50m \u2013 Energy<br \/>\nAppointed to quantify the damages incurred because of significant overruns and delay in the construction of a Gas power plant<\/li>\n<li>ICC Paris \u2013 testified as expert witness \u2013 \u20ac250m \u2013 Oil &amp; Gas<br \/>\nAppointed in an international arbitration related to the financial consequences of delay and cost overruns in the construction of a major industrial facility, including lost production of the owner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nInvestment disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ICSID \u2013 testified as expert witness \u2013 \u20ac300m \u2013 Real Estate<br \/>\nAppointed in a dispute related to the value of a real estate development contract in Turkey<\/li>\n<li>ICSID \u2013 case pending \u2013 \u20ac40m \u2013 Renewable energy<br \/>\nAppointed in a dispute related to the financial consequences of a change in regulated tariffs in Spain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nPost M&amp;A disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ICC Paris \u2013 testified as expert witness \u2013 \u20ac350m \u2013 Chemicals<br \/>\nAppointed in a post M&amp;A dispute related to alleged fraud, deceit and misrepresentations<\/li>\n<li>French courts \u2013 \u20ac200m \u2013 Manufacturing<br \/>\nAppointed in a post-M&amp;A dispute related to alleged fraud, deceit and misrepresentations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nOther disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French courts \u2013 testified as expert witness \u2013 \u20ac300m \u2013 Real Estate<br \/>\nAppointed in a tax dispute related to the value of a real estate development company<\/li>\n<li>US courts \u2013 over $1bn \u2013 Manufacturing<br \/>\nAppointed in order to assess the future cost of significant environmental damages<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":36657,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"attributs-team":[195,184],"class_list":["post-1950","team","type-team","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","attributs-team-france","attributs-team-partner"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Barsalou Nicolas - Accuracy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/en_gb\/team\/nicolas-barsalou\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barsalou Nicolas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"About Nicolas Barsalou is one of the founding partners of Accuracy. 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