Primary Areas of Expertise:

• Financial Damages and Valuation
• Defaulted Financings
• Shareholder Disputes
• Investment Banking and Project Financings
• Standards Of Care and Practice In Banking
• Commercial Banking
• Credit Review and Financial Analysis
• Economic Development

Don Keysser, Managing Principal of Hannover, provides expert witness services for civil and criminal litigation, in the areas of (see case studies and further explanation below):

• Standards of care and practice in investment banking, project financing, credit review and analysis, and underwriting and sale of securities
• Investment banking (municipal and corporate)
• Project financing
• FINRA, SEC, and MSRB regulations and rules
• Corporate valuations
• Due diligence and disclosure
• Financial damages analysis and computing
• Credit review and analysis; credit rating
• Commercial lending and leasing
• Financial analyses, cashflow proformas, and feasibility studies
• Credit Damage Measurement
• Business finance; fraud and bankruptcy
• Business development and capital planning

Education:

• Doctorate of Business Administration in International Finance/Business
• MBA in Finance
• MAPA in Urban Economic Development
• BA in Political Science/Economics

Experience:

• Served as senior investment banking on over 250 financings for total volume of $3 billion;
• Managed investment banks and consulting firms;
• Professor of finance for 17 years, teaching MBA courses in Corporate Finance, International Finance, Financial Institutions, Government Finance, Financial Modeling, Managerial Accounting
• Engaged in international trade development between US and EU;
• Served as expert witness on 47 cases to date, nationwide, in civil cases on financial matters;
• Published author

Credentials:

• Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA)
• Minnesota real estate license

Additional Information:

• Over 40 years experience as investment banker and business finance consultant;
• Formerly Managing Director at Dain Bosworth and Senior Vice President and Principal at Miller & Schroeder Financial;
• Served as expert on 43 cases to date, nationwide, on litigation concerning financial matters;
• Professor of Finance at Saint Mary’s University and Senior Lecturer at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota; teaching for 17 years;
• Published author (two research articles published, and textbook on investment banking in process, with signed publication contract);
• Experienced in international trade development, US-EU;
• Board directorship positions;
• US Navy veteran (intelligence analyst)