Vikram Kapoor is a Managing Director in the Disputes & Investigations practice, and has expertise in the valuation and analyses of structured finance assets and complex derivatives. Mr. Kapoor is an expert on matters relating to valuation, trading, rating, portfolio selection and structuring of structured finance assets and derivatives including collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS), commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS), cash and synthetic collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and CDO squared, and credit default swaps (CDS) as well as complex equity, interest rate and currency swaps and related derivatives. Mr. Kapoor has also worked on matters relating to solvency and valuation of rep and warrant liabilities.
Mr. Kapoor also has significant M&A valuation experience and intangible asset valuation experience. He has consulted to large software companies on the valuation of their intangible assets, large DTH companies on significant M&A valuations and large banks on bankruptcy and fraudulent transfer issues. Further, Mr. Kapoor has done significant work consulting on matters related to insider trading, both in the credit markets and the equity markets.
Mr. Kapoor has been involved in the restructuring of hedge funds, rerating of CLOs, placement of CLO equity, structuring of CDOs and CDO squared and the valuation of cash and synthetic structured financial products. Mr. Kapoor also works on the securitization and placement of structured finance assets. Mr. Kapoor has significant experience in the unwind of CDS positions having worked on more than $1 trillion of notional value (corporate and structured finance CDS). Mr. Kapoor has worked closely with structured finance traders to help mark their books and to negotiate settlements with counterparties. Mr Kapoor has also authored white papers on strategies to liquidate large CDS portfolios.
Prior to joining Navigant, Mr. Kapoor was at LECG. Mr. Kapoor has also worked as a securities broker with National Securities.