Area of Expertise:

~Expert witness experience and litigation support, particularly for cases dealing with catalysts, and with process technologies utilizing catalysts.

~Heterogeneous catalyst research and development manufacture and global sales.

~Catalyst and petrochemical process research, development, global licensing and technology transfer.

~Catalyst and process technologies for ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, ethylene and propylene glycol ethers, ethanolamines, propylene oxide, styrene, methyl methacrylate, ethoxylates, polyether polyols, oxo chemicals, ethyleneamines, maleic anhydride, 1,4-butanediol, hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, acetic anhydride, formic acid, formaldehyde, nitric acid, methanol, on-purpose propylene, Fischer-Tropsch, chemicals, plastics and fuels from biomass, process intensification and microreactor technology.

~Patent and Intellectual property portfolio and infringement analysis.

~Commercialization of new catalyst and process technologies.

~Economic evaluations and modeling of process technologies.

~Product portfolio and business analysis and evaluation; research and development management.

~Due diligence support for technology and business acquisitions and divestitures.

~Competitive analysis.

~Strategic planning.