Daniel Baron

Biography

Daniel Baron is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Miami. He brings more than 18 years of investigative, audit, financial reporting and consulting experience. Mr. Baron specializes in financial investigations, compliance issues and commercial litigation cases. He advises senior management in crisis regulatory situations and focuses on anti-money laundering and compliance matters, and forensic accounting services.Notable assignments include being engaged by outside counsel to review the banking activity of a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme to evaluate the effectiveness of a global bank’s transaction monitoring system, and he was engaged by a global bank to review millions of wire transfers for compliance with OFAC restrictions on sanctioned countries.Mr. Baron has also been engaged by an investment bank’s private wealth group to perform an independent investigation of fraudulent broker statements that misrepresented investment returns and concealed unauthorized withdrawals and trading activity. Before A&M, Mr. Baron spent more than 10 years working in advisory services with the Big Four, primarily as a director with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ disputes, advisory and investigations group. He was also an audit manager with Ernst & Young. Mr. Baron earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bucknell University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in New York and Florida, and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Research Interest

Specializes in financial investigations and advises senior management in crisis regulatory situations and independent investigations and he has 18+ years of investigative, audit, financial reporting and consulting experience