Larry Andrade CPA, CA, CBV, CFF, CFE, MBA

Profile & Experience

Larry is a Partner in our Financial Advisory group and is the leader of Deloitte’s National Disputes practice.

Larry has approximately 20 years of experience in the areas of damages economic loss quantification, litigation support, business valuation and forensic accounting investigations, involving large multi-national organizations and the public sector in North America and internationally.

Larry has completed and signed numerous expert reports and submitted evidence that have been accepted by various Canadian courts and tribunals on a variety of matters, including the quantification of economic losses, business valuation and forensic accounting and fraud investigations. Larry has been qualified as an expert in the Ontario Superior Court, the Patented Medicine Pricing Review Board, private arbitrations and various other tribunals.

Larry is and has been an instructor in both the undergraduate and graduate business administration programs at the Schulich School of Business at York University and at the University of Toronto, where he lectures on financial, management and forensic accounting as well as valuations and the quantification of economic losses. He has also given, and regularly provides, numerous presentations to various law firms, industry groups and conferences.

Larry obtained his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Schulich School of Business in 2002. He is a member of various professional organizations including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators, the Associates of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada.

Larry is the Treasurer and sits on the Board of various not-for-profit organizations, including a large organization that with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, develops and operates a number of group homes and day programs in Ontario for adults with autism and other mental disabilities.

Education and Professional certifications / affiliations

• Chartered Professional Accountant (2012)

• Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, (1999)

• Chartered Business Valuator, Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators (2002)

• Masters of Business Administration, Schulich School of Business (2002)

• Certified Fraud Examiner, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (2004)

• Certified Specialist in Investigative and Forensic Accounting, CICA (2010)

• Certified in Financial Forensics (2015)

• Part-time Instructor in the areas of Financial and Management Accounting, Schulich School of Business (both undergraduate and graduate programs), York University (1999 to Present)

• Associate Professor in the areas of Financial and Management Accounting, University of Toronto (2002 to 2005)

• Treasurer and Board Member of VITA Community Living Services & Mens Sana Families for Mental Health (part of Villa Charities Group)

• Financial Representative on Allocations Panel at the United Way (Toronto)

Presentations

• Financial Statement Analysis and Improving Overall Financial Acumen, Presented to National Sales Team of Weston Foods (2019)

• Economic Loss Quantification & Business Valuation, Lerners LLP (2019)

• Valuation and Pricing in the Context of M&A Transactions, Cassels Brock (2019)

• Valuation and Pricing in the Context of M&A Transactions, Miller Thomson LLP (2018)

• Damages Issues in Class Action Litigations; Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators Conference in Ottawa (2018)

• Big Data Litigation – Relevant Issues; Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators Conference in Ottawa (2018)

• MBA in a Day; Financial Statement Analysis, Ontario Bar Association (2018)

• Complex Accounting Matters; Cassels Brock (2018)

• Financial Statement Analysis and Intro to Valuations; Blaney McMurtry (2018)

• Financial Statement Analysis; Norton Rose (2017)

• Financial Due Diligence and Investigations of Gaming Suppliers; AGCO (2015)

• Economic Loss Quantification; Goodmans LLP (2015)

• Identifying Fraud and Financial Statement Manipulation; British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants (2015)

• Issues in the Assessment of Economic Damages; Davis LLP (2014)

• Identifying Fraud and Financial Statement Manipulation, Quebec Institute of Chartered Accountants (2013)

• The Role of the CBV in Resolving Damages Disputes, CICBV National Conference (2013)

• Issues in the Assessment of Economic Damages; McMillan LLP (2013)

• Issues in the Assessment of Economic Damages; Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP (2012)

• Issues in the Assessment of Economic Damages; Davis & Company (2012)

• Identifying Fraud and Financial Statement Manipulation; Caribbean Institute of Chartered Accountants (2011)

• Financial Statement Fraud & Risk Factors; Manitoba & Saskatchewan Institute of Chartered Accountants (2011)

• Financial Statement Fraud & Risk Factors; BC Institute of Chartered Accountants (2010)

• Damages and Accounting for Profits in Intellectual Property Disputes; Gowlings LLP litigation Group (2010)

• Damages and Accounting for Profits in Intellectual Property Disputes; MacMillian Binch LLP litigation group (2009)

• Risk Management Seminar; British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants (2009, 2007, and 2005)

• Quantification of damages and Business Valuation, Borden Ladner LLP litigation group (2009)

• Intellectual Property Litigation and Damages; Gowlings LLP litigation group (2008)

• Risk Management Seminar; AICA Services Inc. for Ontario Chartered Accountants (2005)

• Understanding Financial Statements & Financial Statement Analysis; various law firms (2003 to present)

Language skills

• English

• Portuguese

Industry focus

• Valuation & Litigation Services

• Dispute Resolution Services

• Forensic & Investigative Accounting Services