BRG adds Mike St. Martin as managing director in Chicago

Berkeley Research Group (BRG), an Emeryville, CA-based management consulting firm, has hired Mike St. Martin as a managing director in its commercial disputes and litigation practice group in Chicago.

St. Martin is a financial advisor and testifying expert with more than 25 years of experience. He specializes in business and intangible asset valuations, solvency and financial analyses, and economic damages calculations for complex transactions and litigation.

St. Martin has delivered valuations for privately held enterprises, public corporation subsidiaries, and limited liability corporation interests, as well as performed analyses for remaining useful life, lost profits, and transfer pricing for intangible assets.

He joins BRG from Ankura/Navigant, where he spent 14 years and was a senior managing director in the transaction advisory services practice. Before that, St. Martin was a senior manager at KPMG and Willamette Management Associates, a boutique financial advisory firm.

“Mike brings unrivaled experience in complex transactions and litigation/economic damages worlds, further strengthening the Commercial Disputes & Litigation practice in Chicago,” said Jeffery Stec, a managing director at BRG and a co-leader of BRG’s commercial disputes and litigation practice. “His deep expertise is sure to reinforce BRG’s status as one of the most trusted voices in this space.”

St. Martin added, “I’m thrilled to join BRG’s industry-leading team of financial, economic, and accounting experts, whose diverse focus areas will greatly support my work with clients.”

BRG has 1,600+ employees across 40+ global offices providing expert and consulting services in disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and performance improvement.

The firm recently welcomed Richard Bajner as a Chicago-based managing director and head of its integrated health solutions (IHS) practice.