People

Roger Isaacs - Partner

Specialisms: Strategic advice, business turnaround, forensic accountancy and mediation.
Chartered accountant
Licenced insolvency practitioner
CEDR accredited mediator
email: risaacs@milsted-langdon.co.uk

In addition to his day to day role advising clients, Roger lectures widely on a variety of accountancy related topics including Business Valuation, Strategic Planning and Directors’ Duties. He is also a prolific author of accountancy articles, which have been published both in the technical press and more widely, and he has been a visiting Forensic Studies university lecturer at the Shrivenham Defence Academy.

As a qualified mediator, Roger assists businesses to resolve conflicts without recourse to the court but he is also regularly asked to provide expert accountancy opinion in relation to court proceedings. In 2010, he became one of the first people in the country to qualify for the new Forensic Accountants Accreditation from the ICAEW, in recognition of his knowledge and experience, which covers a diverse range of legal sectors from divorce and shareholder disputes to fraud cases and loss of earnings calculations.

Roger also sits on the panel of the President of the ICAEW for appointments to resolve disputes by means of Expert Determination and sits on the Committee of the ICAEW Forensic Special Interest Group. He is the National Technical Director of the Network of Independent Forensic Accountants; a Fellow of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals; treasurer of the Association of South West Mediators; and a member of the Academy of Experts. Recently Roger was appointed to sit on a judicial statutory appeal panel of enquiry in relation to a dispute in an off-shore jurisdiction.

As a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, Roger regularly advises business that are in financial difficulty and, in some cases, has to put to the test the commercial advice that he gives to his clients, when he finds himself at the helm of companies that he is trading in his capacity as Administrator. He also has considerable experience of acting as liquidator of solvent companies and has acted in relation to multi-million pound tax-driven group reorganisations.

Finally, Roger is a trustee of a number of charities including Headway Somerset and St Peter’s Hospice