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Expert support for in-house and outside counsel in forensic accounting, asset tracing and recovery, business intelligence and investigations, investigative due diligence, political risk, and ESG risk.
NEW YORK, N.Y., June 25, 2026 -- Global consulting firm J.S. Held announced today that J.S. Held and its experts are recognized by Chambers and Partners in six disciplines, reflecting the firm’s expertise supporting in-house and outside counsel in complex disputes, investigations, and high-risk matters. Chambers and Partners recognition of J.S. Held spans forensic accounting, asset tracing and recovery, business intelligence and investigations, investigative due diligence, political risk, and ESG risk, highlighting J.S. Held’s integrated technical, financial, and investigative capabilities.
Executive Vice President Iain Potter, based in the Asia Pacific region, is recognized by Chambers & Partners for his forensic accounting expertise supporting litigants and their counsel. Iain Potter, FCA, FCIArb, is a Chartered Accountant qualified in the UK (ICAEW) and Singapore (ISCA), specializing in the quantification of economic damages and the valuation of businesses and intellectual property for international arbitration and complex commercial disputes.
Chambers and Partners recognizes Senior Managing Director Michelle J. Avery for her forensic accounting expertise supporting litigants and their counsel. Michelle J. Avery, CPA, CFF, leads the Complex Accounting & Litigation team at J.S. Held. Michelle has extensive experience providing forensic accounting and expert witness services to prominent law firms and leads major dispute resolution engagements in high-profile domestic and international civil litigation.
Supporting in-house and outside counsel in disputes, Senior Managing Director Peter Pender-Cudlip is recognized for his expertise in asset tracing and recovery and business intelligence and investigations. Peter has over 20 years of international investigations and business intelligence experience, having worked on projects in more than 40 countries across the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the US, and Russia.
Chambers and Partners recognizes two J.S. Held experts in the area of political risk – crisis and risk management: Senior Managing Director Livia Paggi and Senior Managing Director Philip Worman. Livia Paggi manages Political Risk, ESG, and Business Intelligence services, where she advises multinational clients on doing business successfully in some of the world’s most challenging markets. Ces dix dernières années, Livia a développé de vastes connaissances en Russie et dans la région d'Eurasie. Philip Worman has over 25 years of experience in the political risk, business intelligence, and investigations sector, advising clients on doing business in emerging and frontier markets. Philip possède une expertise particulière dans la politique des sanctions et l'atténuation des risques.
J.S. Held brings together professionals with technical, financial, and investigative expertise to support clients and their counsel across complex disputes and high-risk matters. As a multidisciplinary consulting firm with global reach, J.S. held combines deep subject matter knowledge with the ability to address matters requiring cultural awareness and cross-border insight.
J.S. Held est un cabinet de conseil international qui associe des compétences techniques, scientifiques, financières et stratégiques pour conseiller les clients qui cherchent à créer de la valeur et à réduire les risques. Nos professionnels sont des conseillers de confiance pour les organisations confrontées à des enjeux importants qui exigent une attention urgente, une intégrité sans faille, une expérience éprouvée, une analyse claire et une compréhension des actifs corporels et incorporels. Le cabinet offre une suite complète de services, produits et données permettant aux clients de gérer des situations complexes, litigieuses et souvent catastrophiques.
Plus de 1 500 professionnels sont au service d'organisations sur six continents, dont 84 % des 200 cabinets d'avocats à travers le monde, 75 % du Top 20 de Forbes des compagnies d'assurance (90 % des principaux 50 assureurs IARD de la NAIC), et 71 % des 100 entreprises de la liste Fortune.