About
Guido Althaus is a partner at Accuracy. He brings more than 30 years of professional experience in national and international projects to the firm. Guido specialises in providing expert testimony in international arbitration and litigation proceedings as well as providing transaction and restructuring advisory services.
In dispute-related matters, he has served as an expert witness in international arbitration and litigation proceedings, and he is regularly appointed by claimants and respondents, as well as arbitral tribunals and courts.
In addition, Guido has provided financial due diligence and financial restructuring services to both corporate and financial investors. Over the course of his professional career, he has participated in and led more than 300 engagements.
Prior to joining Accuracy, Guido gained professional experience at Big Four and Top 10 audit and advisory firms.
Guido is a member of the Chamber of Public Accountants (Wirtschaftsprüferkammer), the Institute of Public Auditors in Germany (Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland e.V.), the German Arbitration Institute (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V.) and the European Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (EACVA).
Guido speaks German and English.
Qualifications
- Diploma in business administration (Diplom-Kaufmann), Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
- Certified public auditor (Wirtschaftsprüfer), chamber of certified public auditors (Wirtschaftsprüferkammer)
Rankings
In-depth expertise
International Arbitration and Litigation
Guido Althaus has been appointed on numerous occasions as a financial expert and has testified as a party-appointed expert witness in international arbitration and litigation proceedings. In addition, he is regularly appointed as a neutral expert or arbitrator by the Chamber of Public Accountants, arbitral tribunals and courts.
In dispute-related matters, his areas of expertise include forensic accounting, valuation and damages assessment, as well as insolvency-related situations. In the execution of his mandates, Guido applies prevailing case law and adheres to the professional standards issued by the German Institute of Public Auditors (Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer e.V.).
Transactions and Restructuring
Guido advises both corporate clients and financial investors in the context of acquisitions, disposals and restructuring situations. His transactional experience includes the execution of buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence engagements, including carve-outs, business plan preparation, financial modelling, synergy assessment and financial restructuring report preparation.
Example of engagements
Transaction Services
- Buy-side due diligence at a target company for industrial valves
- Buy-side due diligence at a target company in the tool manufacturing sector
- Buy-side due diligence at a target company in the manufacturing industry (carbon products)
- Buy-side transaction services as well as definition and implementation of operational restructuring measures for an insolvent premium wheelchair manufacturer
- Sell-side advisory services for an international mechanical engineering group with a disposal of a loss-making European business unit
- Vendor due diligence for an engineering and construction group of companies (metals, plastics)
- Financial advisory services for a company in the engineering and equipment industry
- Buy-side due diligence for a company in the engineering industry (power supplies and equipment)
- Buy-side due diligence at a target company in the consumer products sector
- Financial advisory services in connection with an expansion financing for a company in the chemical sector
Litigation and arbitration cases
- Appointed as financial expert by the purchaser in a post transaction price adjustment dispute in the engineering industry
- Appointed as financial expert in an international arbitration case for breach of contract
- Appointed as financial expert in a shareholder dispute in order to evaluate supplier contract conditions of the company to avoid insolvency proceedings
- Appointed as financial expert in a shareholder-management dispute to evaluate a business plan for a new product development and market introduction
- Appointed as financial expert in a supplier-customer dispute to evaluate a long-term supplier contract based on an alleged insolvency of the company
- Appointed as financial expert for comprehensive litigation support and several expert opinions in a complex post transaction dispute with a subsequent insolvency of the company
- Expert opinion to evaluate the accounting of industrial inventories before the background of alleged fraudulent actions
- Support for a company in the aviation industry in connection with a Joint Venture dispute