Technology & Software Dispute Accounting Expert

Technology and software disputes rarely fit a simple lost-sales template. Failed ERP, CRM, or digital transformation programmes generate wasted expenditure on licences, consultancy, and internal resource, plus, where calculable, lost productivity or operational savings from a working system. Dispute accountants analyse project governance records, statements of work, change requests, and acceptance criteria to determine whether breach caused the failure and what financial remedy follows under expectation or reliance measures.

SaaS and software licence disputes raise distinct accounting issues: unlicensed deployment, user cap breaches, and royalty under-reporting require reconciliation of usage logs, deployment audits, and comparable licence transactions. Technology M&A disputes commonly involve ARR misrepresentation, churn rate disagreements, software capitalisation policy conflicts, and revenue recognition issues affecting completion accounts and warranty claims. Dispute accountants apply forensic accounting to subscription metrics, deferred revenue, and management accounts prepared for due diligence.

Startup valuation and investor disputes, agile milestone non-delivery, and data or security incidents under cloud agreements may require consequential loss analysis where Hadley v Baxendale contemplation is satisfied. Sector specialists understand recurring revenue economics, customer lifetime value, and the difference between capitalised and expensed development costs. Their reports address causation between technical failure and financial outcome, mitigation through workarounds, and the appropriate measure of damages for pleaded heads of loss.

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