Boris Steffen, Director and Principal

Boris Steffen is Director and Principal at Navigant Economics. He is an expert in accounting, corporate finance, valuation and solvency with multi-industry, multi-company experience assisting clients in managing a wide range of operating, financing, and investing transactions, claims and litigation. Matters in which he has consulted or testified include antitrust and competition policy, bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency, contracts, corporate governance, ERISA, going private transactions, intellectual property, international trade and arbitration, mergers and acquisitions, valuation, pricing, costs and profitability, securities and taxes.

Boris has advised in negotiated as well as hostile transactions and claims valued in excess of $100 billion. Sectors in which he has consulted include the aerospace, aggregates, automotive, beef processing, biotechnology, business services, cable network, chemical, consumer product, construction, defense, document management, electronic imaging, financial services & banking, food & beverage, healthcare, independent power, information technology, insurance, internet, newspaper, magazine, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, printing, pumps & controls, retail, semiconductor, software, steel, telecom, tobacco, electric utility and water industries. In hearings to review the proposed $13 billion merger of Exelon Corp. and PSEG, Boris testified regarding the merger's efficiencies, while in FTC v. Staples/Office Depot, he testified as to industry structure, efficiencies, pricing and profitability. Boris also consulted on damages in the Enron Mega Claims bankruptcy and AMD and Intel antitrust cases, on fair value in the Delaware Chancery court shareholder litigation regarding Xerox's $6.4 billion acquisition of ACS, and testified regarding merger efficiencies in the Sirius XM Radio Inc. antitrust merger claim.

Boris has held positions in finance, public policy, corporate development and consulting with Inland Steel Industries, the FTC, Bureau of Competition, U.S. Generating, and LECG. He holds a Master of Management degree with specializations in accounting and finance from the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Bachelor of Music degree in Applied Music from DePaul University. He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser, Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, Certified Distressed Business Valuation Analyst, and member of the AICPA, ABA, ABI, Insol International, AIRA, ASA and American Finance Association.

Contact: 202.481.8520 | boris.steffen@naviganteconomics.com
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