Mark Bezant

Mark Bezant leads the Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) and Asia Pacific (“APAC”) Economic & Financial Consulting group. Mark has more than 35 years of experience analysing and valuing businesses, companies, listed and unlisted securities, intellectual property and intangible assets. He has acted in many contexts, including M&A, corporate restructuring, regulatory compliance and corporate governance (including fairness opinions), financial reporting, tax planning, expert determination and dispute resolution.

Mark’s experience covers matters before the English High Court, the Patents Court, Chancery Division, Queen’s Bench Division, the Restrictive Practices Court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Family Division. Other courts include the King’s Bench Division, the Copyright Tribunal, the Special Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, the Lands Tribunal, the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and the Court of Appeal. He has acted in matters before the Royal Court of Jersey, The Royal Court of Guernsey, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, the Supreme Court of Bermuda and the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Mark has also appeared in matters before various courts in Germany, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, the High Court of Hong Kong, the District Court of the Hague and the European Court and Commission. Additionally, he has acted extensively in arbitrations, including before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (“PCA”) in The Hague, the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), the London Court of Arbitration (“LCIA”), the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”), Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (“SCC”) and the Swiss Arbitration Centre (“SAC”). Further arbitration experience covers the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”), the German Arbitration Institute (“DIS”), the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (“JCAA”), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”), the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (“CEPANI”), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”) and other arbitration forums. In addition, he has been involved in mediations under the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (“WIPO”) jurisdiction.

Mark has carried out approximately 600 substantive valuations in his career, on both contentious and non-contentious matters, and has been appointed as an expert witness or independent expert on around 400 occasions to assess damages, valuation or accounting issues. He has given oral evidence on more than 85 occasions.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mark was the European managing director of the finance and accounting services division at LECG. He was also formerly a partner in the valuation team of Deloitte’s corporate finance practice and the partner-in-charge of the UK economic and financial consulting practice of Arthur Andersen.

Mark is one of the leading valuation and damages experts identified by the Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration experts list from 2011 to 2024, inclusive, and is one of the leading practitioners globally. From 2010 to 2016, Mark was a board director for Stelara NV, a Belgian holding company for the Truvo group of companies, which operated leading directories, search and advertising businesses and had annual revenues of around €90 million. Mark is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a Practising Member of the Academy of Experts and a member of the Licensing Executives Society. He was the founding chair of the Valuation Community of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a position he held from 2007 to 2016. Additionally, he holds a M.A. in chemistry from Oxford University.