Maria M. Yip

Maria M. Yip, CPA, CFE, CIRA, CFF is the founder and managing partner of Yip Associates in Miami, which specializes in forensic accounting, financial investigations, receiverships and other fiduciary roles, bankruptcy-related matters and valuations. She serves as the firm’s Fiduciary Services Practice leader and handles clients from offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Tampa, Orlando, NewYork and New Jersey. Ms. Yip previously worked for Price Waterhouse and Arthur Andersen, and led the forensic accounting practice for Florida as a partner at Grant Thornton prior to founding Yip Associates in 2008. She is a sitting U.S. Bankruptcy Panel Trustee in the Southern District of Florida and serves asa court-appointed receiver, examiner, liquidating trustee, custodian and assignee for the benefit of creditors. Ms. Yip has experience marshaling and securing assets and identifying potential causes of action to provide recoveries for creditors and investors. She has also served as accountant and financial advisor to receivers appointed in numerous SEC, CFTC and FTC matters. Ms. Yip has more than 25 years of experience serving as a forensic accountant and expert witness. Her clients include attorneys, receivers, bankruptcy trustees and governmental agencies. She regularly serves as an expert witness in federal and state court, international litigation and arbitration matters. Ms. Yip and has experience in the tracing of funds and the reconstruction of financial business records in civil and criminal matters. In addition, she also has experience in calculating economic damages in breach-of-contract and other commercial disputes. Ms. Yip assists clients with discovery, detailed review and analysis of business records, preparation of written reports, demonstrative exhibits and testimony. She has conducted internal and external financial investigations of alleged business frauds, including white-collar investigations, embezzlement and asset misappropriation, financial reporting and securities fraud in the U.S., Latin America and theCaribbean. Ms. Yip is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA),Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners(ACFE), Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) and National Association ofFederal Equity Receivers (NAFER), for which she has served on its Nominations Committee. She received her Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Florida International University.