Our Members

Roula Harfouche is a Partner with HKA in London. She specialises in the assessment of damages and complex valuation issues in litigation and international arbitration contexts. She is experienced in matters involving breaches of contract, investment treaty claims, transaction-related disputes and intellectual property infringements. She has been valuing companies, listed and unlisted securities, and intellectual property rights in commercial and contentious contexts since 2000, and has provided valuation or damages assessment services in more than 80 disputes. Roula is recognised as a leading expert witness by Who's Who Legal in the Thought Leaders Global Elite list, in Arbitration, for the quantum of damages and in forensic accounting. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Roula has testified in both English and French and has worked on matters before the UK High Court, the UK Family Division, the Patents Court, the French Commercial Court and the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC), and in mediation. Her vast international arbitration experience spans numerous forums including the LCIA, ICC, SCC, HKIAC, PCA, Cairo Regional Center For International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), SCIA, and ICSID, and under the UNCITRAL rules. Roula joined HKA in January 2021. Prior to this, she worked as a damages and contentious valuation expert at Accuracy, FTI Consulting and Ernst & Young. Roula was formerly a member of the forensic accounting group at Clifford Chance, an equity analyst at Morgan Stanley, and a member of the economic and financial consulting division of Arthur Andersen.

Kelvin’s early career was spent in the UK Government Department responsible for private company, business, intellectual property, and intangible asset valuation. He established a Valuation Unit for a large accountancy practice and before the founding of Valuation was the MD of specialist valuation companies within two major investment banks. He is a contributor to books, journals, television, and radio. His book Valuation and Exploitation of Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets was published by EMIS Professional Publishing. Founder and Fellow of the Society of Share and Business Valuers, Chairman UK RICS Business Valuation (2014-2018), FRICS Chartered Valuation Surveyor and Registered Business Valuer. Member RICS Global Business Valuation Board, founding expert Lord Woolf’s Expert Witness Institute, Licensing Executive Society, International Association of Consultants Valuers and Analysts, Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (Associate), Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (Affiliate). Kelvin is a well-regarded Expert Witness in respect of both business and intellectual property valuation and damage; “The expert witnesses... I found Mr King to be an impressive witness” – Hon Mr Justice Arnold (now Sir Richard Arnold Lord Justice of Appeal). “Mr. King’s evidence does stand unchallenged” – Lord Justice Jacob “Valuation of intellectual property.... a highly specialised field dominated by a relatively small number of well-known and experienced practitioners. Pre-eminent amongst them is Kelvin King” EIPR “Kelvin is a renowned Expert in valuing IP rights and understanding their nature” – Roy Saunders Founder IFS and International Business Structuring Association