Benjamin & Stephens

Benjamin & Stephens is a specialist chartered accounting firm practising exclusively in the fields of forensic accounting services, business valuation, intellectual property and corporate advisory services. We bring expertise, objectivity and commercial experience to help solve complex issues for our clients.

Our team has many years of experience working closely with members of the legal profession in the provision of independent and objective expert opinion including expert witness testimony in various courts and tribunals.

We invite you to find out more about us by browsing this site or contacting us.

Our Team

STUART BENJAMIN

Director07 3188 5761 (Direct)
07 3188 5760 (Office)
07 3188 5777 (Fax)
stuart@benjaminstephens.com.au

Stuart is a professional accountant with over 20 years experience specialising in forensic accounting and corporate advisory services.

He started his career in business services and audit in 1991 in Mackay, Queensland providing tax and accounting advice. He then moved to Brisbane where he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 8 years in their business services and risk management consulting divisions. He was also in a commercial manager role with a multi-national firm based in Brisbane. Since then Stuart has specialised in forensic accounting and corporate advisory across a diverse range of matters. He has been a director since 2009.

Stuart’s experience as an expert witness includes all kinds of commercial litigation, government resumptions, business valuation, family and estate matters, economic loss for personal injury and intellectual property infringement.

He has provided expert evidence for the Federal Court of Australia, Supreme Court of Queensland, Supreme Court of New South Wales, District Court of Queensland, Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Queensland Shop Leases Tribunal, Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia.

Stuart enjoys presenting on a range of topics relating to commercial litigation, business valuation and quantification of economic loss to legal and insurance firms.

Stuart is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Stuart holds a Bachelor of Business with Distinction from the University of Central Queensland and an Advanced Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Queensland University of Technology. He received an acacdemic scholarship to undertake his MBA and a number of academic prizes during the course of his studies.

DAVID STEPHENS

Director07 3188 5762 (Direct)
07 3188 5760 (Office)
07 3188 5777 (Fax)
david@benjaminstephens.com.au

David is a professional accountant with over 17 years experience specialising in forensic accounting and corporate advisory services. David has expertise in commercial litigation, economic loss on insurance matters and valuations for family law related matters.

David has a strong mix of advisory and commercial accounting experience. He commenced his professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in its business advisory division. He then worked in a mid-size accounting firm and as a commercial accountant in Brisbane.

David has extensive experience in financial analysis, risk management and corporate advisory services across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, mining and financial services.

David has experience in preparing expert reports in numerous jurisdictions in respect of a range of different damages frameworks.

David is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland, Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Queensland University of Technology. He received an academic scholarship to undertake his MBA and a number of academic prizes during the course of his studies.

Benjamin & Stephens in Brisbane City, Brisbane, QLD is listed under Accountants with expertise in Tax Audits & Investigations, Forensic Accounting, Insurance.

Other services by Benjamin & Stephens include .

Phone Benjamin & Stephens to make your next appointment.

Services

Forensic Services
We provide the legal profession independent and objective expert opinion on a range of areas within our expertise including quantification of loss and damage regarding commercial and insurance matters, and business valuation and financial investigation services for family and estate matters. Our expertise extends from pre-litigation consultation to provision of expert witness testimony in the courtroom.

Business Valuation
We have extensive experience in valuation of businesses, shares and other equity including partnerships, trusts and joint ventures. Our expertise is based on reliable financial valuation theory together with knowledge of valuation in practice. Our business valuation practice provides valuation opinion for litigation, family and estate disputes as well as purchase, sale and merger transactions.

Intellectual Property
Our valuation practice has particular expertise in valuing intellectual property (copyright, trade marks, patents, trade secrets and other rights). Our practice provides valuation opinion for infringement matters, commercialisation purposes, taxation and financial reporting requirements. We also assist intellectual property owners in developing frameworks for assessing commercialisation performance.

Corporate Advisory
Corporations, from small businesses to multi-national enterprises, often require expertise to resolve commercial, financial and strategic issues. Our clients access our extensive experience in assisting with a broad range of matters across diverse industries throughout Australia. We provide a highly personal service with direct access to senior staff who work closely with our clients to achieve their business goals.