Boris has advised holders of interests and claims in over $240B of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings across the aerospace, aggregates, asbestos, auto, battery, beef, biotechnology, broadcasting, business services, cable, chemical, consumer product, construction, defense, document management, electric utility, electronic imaging, financial services, food/beverage, genomics, healthcare, independent power, IT, insurance, internet, industrial packaging/paper, newspaper, pharmaceutical, oil/gas, printing, private equity, pumps/controls, real estate, retail, semiconductor, software, steel, telecom, tobacco & water industries.
Boris has testified as an expert as to the receipt of reasonably equivalent value in the Wesco Aircraft Uptier Claim litigation before the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, rate base in the Constellation Mystic Power rate case before the FERC, fair value of BMC Software's equity in Delaware Chancery Court, cognizability of merger synergies in the Sirius XM Satellite Radio antitrust litigation in the S.D.N.Y. & Great Plains/Westar Energy administrative hearings before the State of Kansas Corporation Commission, production costs in the DRAM antitrust litigation in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, & industry structure, synergies & profitability in the first FTC v. Staples & Office Depot PI before the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia.
Boris also advised on damages in the A-12 Avenger contract cancellation, Enron bankruptcy, Vulcan/Martin Marietta hostile takeover and Vitamins & AMD/Intel antitrust cases, fair value in the Xerox/ ACS merger, adequate protection in the Exide Technologies & Energy Future Holdings Chapter 11 cases, and solvency in the American Eagle Energy, Namco Capital and Circuit City fraudulent transfer & preference claims. He has also served as the Accounting Expert in Post-Closing Purchase Price disputes and led fraud investigations. Prior to consulting, Boris worked in finance with Inland Steel Industries,, antitrust and competition policy with the FTC and corporate development with U.S. Generating Inc.
Boris earned a Master of Management with specializations in Accounting & Finance from the Kellogg School of Northwestern University, a BS in Finance, and BM in Music Performance, from DePaul University. He holds the CPA, ASA, ABV, CDBV and CGMA certifications. He has lectured/published for the University of San Diego School of Law, American University Washington College of Law, ABA, ABI, AIRA, Law360, NCBJ, Leaders League & Financier Worldwide.