How can Aptum help?
Aptum, its directors, and wider team have significant experience in a broad range of professional negligence claims involving financial advisers, auditors, accountants, lawyers and other professional advisors.
Through its experience, Aptum has developed a deep knowledge and understanding of the critical issues affecting the scope of a professional’s duties, the difficulties associated with establishing how negligent advice has caused loss, and a proven ability to work with experts to ensure the best possible outcomes on loss assessment and valuations.
Aptum is a market leader in facilitating funding solutions to allow claimants to prosecute, or share the risk of prosecuting, professional negligence claims.
One of Aptum’s founding values is to provide greater transparency and certainty in the legal profession. Across various industries, we are frequently engaged to investigate issues relating to fraud, breaches of duty of care, misleading advice, and negligent valuations.
What Makes Aptum Different
Legal intelligence framework
Practical, ongoing risk assessment to focus on the essential.
Project management framework
Routine documented strategy through custom project management.
“As strangers to the Australian legal system, and indeed litigation funding, we probably weren’t the easiest guys to deal with. But Aptum made the process clear and there were no surprises.”
- Martin Fine (Director)
Case Study
An investor gets another chance to value their business
Problem: An investor in an early-stage business had been forced out through a compulsory share buyout in what presented as an undervalued share price, and came to Aptum to initiate a substantial professional negligence claim against the professional accounting firm who had conducted the business valuation.
Aptum’s role: Aptum reopened the valuation to provide our client with a voice in the process of determining the value of shares,
Outcome: Aptum worked closely with the client and a litigation funder to achieve a successful outcome within 12 months of issuing proceedings.
Aptum ensured the director recived a fair amount based on their interest in the business.
Select Team Members
Nigel Evans
Managing Director
David Adason
Associate Director
Emma Soulsby
Practice and Projects Manager
Nikolas Kalcic
Senior Associate
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- Event Director, Property Dispute
9.3 Overall Experience
“I was kept informed every step of the way with quick, reliable advice. I felt that they cared about getting me a good outcome.”
- Director, Partnership Dissolution Dispute
10 Overall Experience
“From the moment I engaged Aptum they were incredibly professional, thoughtful, and very sensitive to my situation.”
- Senior Executive, Employment Dispute
10 Overall Experience
“Aptum Legal was able to grasp the complexities of [my industry], which previous lawyers were unable to understand. My personal preference is for Aptum Legal to open in Queensland.”
- Individual, Employment Dispute
10 Overall Experience
“I can’t recommend Nigel Evans & his team highly enough. I found him to be an excellent communicator, intelligent, caring & importantly a great listener. His advice & ability to negotiate a quick resolution for me were first class.”
- Andrew Sakeson, Property Dispute
10 Overall Experience