Tyler Smith Khoury has 15 years of experience providing financial advisory and consulting services for companies, government entities, and legal counsel in matters involving complex disputes, investment arbitration, forensic accounting investigations, and insolvency. Tyler’s experience spans a range of industries, including industrial manufacturing, construction, mining, retail, and banking/financial institutions. She has consulted on quantum damage analyses involving breach of contract disputes, valuations, investigations, and bankruptcies under International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), and American Arbitration Association (AAA) rules.
Professional Experience
Consulting
Disputes
- Telecommunications Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation and Fair and Equitable Treatment. Assisted in the filing of an expert report related to a dispute involving the revocation of 4G licenses in Cambodia. Work on this dispute included assessing claimants’ lost profits and investment costs.
- Advertising Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation and Fair and Equitable Treatment. Assisted in the filing of an expert report related to a dispute involving a long-term contract for out-of-home advertising in Serbia.
- Tourism Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted in a dispute involving the management and operations of four tourist resorts in the Kyrgyz Republic.
- Luxury Retail Industry, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted in filing expert reports and preparing for testimony on damages involving construction that impacted the operations of a luxury retailer. Analysis included the assessment of lost profits resulting from the alleged contract breach.
- Telecommunications Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation and Fair and Equitable Treatment. Assisted in the filing of an expert report and preparation for hearing testimonies related to a dispute involving the construction and operation of broadband networks in rural regions of Peru.
- Construction Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted in the filing of an expert report, quantifying the damages related to a dispute involving the expansion of the Panama Canal.
- Entertainment Industry, Litigation; Breach of License Agreement, Breach of Agreement, Tortious Interference. Assisted in a dispute related to the operation of league play games within bars and other venues in the United States. Calculated economic losses, which included lost profits suffered by plaintiff.
- Textile Manufacturing Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in a dispute related to the financial issues and damages involving spinning and textile factories in Uzbekistan. Assisted in performing valuation, forensic review of investment, ownership, and detailed description of valuation issues.
- Banking Industry, Litigation; Aiding and Abetting Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty. Assisted an engagement team in a fraud dispute and related aiding and abetting claims against a financial institution related to the fraud perpetrated by Allen Stanford and his co-conspirators in the operation of a decades-long Ponzi scheme.
- Construction Industry, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted an engagement team in a dispute related to the lock gates and labor escalation cost overruns during the expansion of the Panama Canal.
- Insurance Industry, Litigation; Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud in the Inducement, Gross Negligence. Assisted in a dispute related to the management of an insurer’s assets involved with the collapse of hedge funds and related party insurers.
- Telecommunications Industry, Litigation; Breach of Contract. Assessed economic losses suffered by the plaintiff for lost commission payments. Provided data management and analytics to summarize the database of customers and related commissions owed.
- Construction Industry, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted an engagement team in a dispute related to Tranche I of the remaining cost overruns in the expansion of the Panama Canal.
- Industrial Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in a dispute involving two cement plants in Uzbekistan.
- Retail Distribution, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted an engagement team in a dispute involving lost profits related to retail distribution in Asia.
- Pharmaceutical Industry, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Provided litigation support and financial analysis in a dispute involving an Ecuadorian pharmaceutical company.
- Entertainment Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in a dispute involving the European gambling industry by valuing entities using multiple valuation approaches and performing various quantitative metrics and detailed description of valuation issues.
- Mining Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in an international contract dispute related to a gold mining project in Costa Rica in its exploration/development stage.
- Construction Industry, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted an engagement team in a dispute involving cost overruns related to the basalt and concrete aggregate in the expansion of the Panama Canal.
- Real Estate Development Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in an international contract dispute, which involved the assessment of lost profits related to a resort development in the Dominican Republic.
- Railway Matter, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted an engagement team in an international contract dispute, which involved the assessment of lost profits related to a Colombian railway.
- Port Operations Matter, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in an international contract dispute, which involved damages related to port operations in India.
- Postal Service Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in an international investment treaty dispute, which involved the assessment of the value of a Croatian postal service provider.
- Retail Industry, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted in a dispute related to the distribution of home appliances in Egypt.
- Insurance Industry, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted in a dispute involving advanced data analytics in the health insurance industry.
- Textile Manufacturing Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in an international investment treaty dispute, which involved the assessment of the value of cotton fabric manufacturing and dyeing plants located in Uzbekistan.
- Commodities Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in a dispute involving the expropriation of grain milling and distribution in Venezuela.
- Aerospace Industry, Litigation; Antitrust. Assisted an engagement team in an antitrust dispute, which involved the assessment of past damages and lost future opportunities in the aerospace industry.
- Mining Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in a dispute involving the valuation of a steel tube factory and a minority investment in a hot briquetted iron plant in Venezuela.
- Gold Mining Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted an engagement team in an international investment treaty dispute, which involved the assessment of the value of a Venezuelan gold mining concession.
- Gold Mining Industry, Arbitration; Expropriation. Assisted in a dispute involving the valuation of investments in gold and other mineral mining interests in Uzbekistan.
- Medicinal Dispensary Industry, Arbitration; Shareholder Dispute. Assisted in a business shareholder dispute involving the quantification of damages regarding equity dilution and business valuation.
- Consulting Service Industry, Litigation; Breach of Fiduciary Duties. Assisted an engagement team in a breach of fiduciary duties dispute involving claims against a former officer and the directors of a large multi-national consulting firm related to events preceding bankruptcy. Matter involved assessing the value of the firm both consolidated and by its individual operating units.
- Medical Industry, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted in a dispute involving the sales of an oral cancer detection product in North America. Researched market data for inputs in damage calculations.
- Television/Broadcasting Industry, Litigation; Breach of Contract. Assisted an engagement team in a contract dispute involving distribution rights for Polish television content for broadcast and internet distribution in the Americas.
- Education Industry, Arbitration; Breach of Contract. Assisted an engagement team in an international contract dispute involving wrongful termination of contract related to the offering of higher education programs in Vietnam.
- Telecommunication Industry, Arbitrations; Breach of Contract. Assisted an engagement team in international contract disputes involving interconnection rates and other settlement charges between Egyptian fixed and mobile telecommunication operators.
- Cookware Manufacturing Industry, Litigation; Class Action Claim. Evaluated damages in a consumer product liability case involving a Fortune 100 company.
- Financial Services Industry, Arbitrations; Breach of Contract. Assisted an engagement team in international contract disputes involving the operation of payment card operations in its franchisees, which involved the assessment of potential lost profits and other potential financial harm involving parties from Ecuador, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States.
Financial Investigations, Fraud & Forensic Accounting
- Online Advertising Industry, Pre-Litigation Support; Fraud Investigation. Led a team to determine lost profits regarding a fraudulent video advertising scheme.
- Personal Finance, Pre-Litigation Support; Forensic Accounting. Led a forensic investigation into a deceased financier’s personal and company finances on allegations of fraud and embezzlement from multiple creditors.
- Oil and Gas Industry, Arbitration; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Investigation. Investigated a publicly traded energy company’s operations in West Africa in an FCPA matter where extensive day rate agent transactions were reconstructed through SAP account analysis.
- Banking Industry, Arbitration; Fraud Investigation. Conducted a forensic analysis related to a Caribbean bank’s fraudulent online credit card transactions. Investigated falsified records to trace merchant kickbacks and fraudulent billing.
Education
- BSBA, Finance, Miami University, USA
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