Annabelle Burguière is a director and testifying expert in the Expert Services practice, based in Houston.
She leverages more than 17 years of experience in business valuation; accounting, forensic, financial, and
economic analyses; litigation and licensing-related consulting services assisting lawyers and corporate clients.
Her work focuses on business valuation, arbitration and litigation consulting, damage calculation, economic
analysis, intellectual property and intangible asset advisory, reasonable royalties, and lost profits analysis
across a variety of industries and types of businesses.
At Kroll, Annabelle has gained extensive experience in legal matters involving damage valuation, patent
infringement, theft of trade secrets, injunctive relief, trademark and copyright infringement and breach
of contract. Annabelle also assists her clients with consulting matters involving licensing advisory,
royalty audits, forensic accounting, international trade issues, business valuation, amongst others.
Her industry experience includes telecommunications, electronics, semiconductors, e-commerce, software,
media and entertainment, automotive and consumer goods. She has participated in numerous high-profile
cases in State Court, Federal Court, and Arbitration.
Annabelle has co-authored several articles on patents and intellectual property, such as
“U.S. Supreme Court Allows Lost Profits Damages on Foreign Sales for Patent Owners,” June 27, 2018,
and “Global Perspective on the Importance of Patent Rights: Will Patent Reform Help Multinational
Corporations Compete?” March 6, 2014.
Prior to joining Kroll, Annabelle worked in a European consulting firm in Paris where she advised her
clients on valuation, transactions, strategic and restructuring matters across diverse industries.
Annabelle holds a master’s degree in corporate and market finance from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce
de Paris (“ESCP”) Business School and a degree in law from the University of Paris XI.
Annabelle has been the co-chair for the Houston Chapter of the Licensing Executive Society, a professional
organization focused on the monetization of intellectual property since 2025. She also serves as a delegate
for her business school community in the U.S., and she sits on the board of the Houston bureau of animal
regulation and control (“BARC”) Foundation.